Standing committee meet on Friday

June 05, 2019 01:37 am | Updated 01:37 am IST - Tanvi Deshpande Mumbai

The BMC has invited bids for reconstruction of a bridge at Saki Naka, which at had been declared dilapidated and was demolished. It has also proposed construction of a new bridge in Kurla considering the traffic requirement there. It has also finalised a contractor for audit of all bridges in the island city. All proposals will be discussed before the standing committee on Friday.

As part of the original structural audit of all city bridges, the BMC declared the one at Khairani Road, near Hari Masjid in Saki Naka completely dilapidated. The bridge was demolished by the civic body recently. It has now finalised a contractor — M/s API Civilcon Pvt. Ltd. — for the construction of a new bridge in its place in a ₹ 5.07 crore contract. The quotation was 26.99% above BMC estimates. The 18.3 m long bridge will have to be constructed within a year.

The BMC has also finalised contractors for re-audit of all 81 bridges in island city. It has already issued work orders for auditing of 36 of them, while a proposal will be placed before standing committee for the rest on Friday. Both audits are being done by Structwel Designs. The Hindu had reported how the BMC went ahead with the allotment despite the contractor quoting 38% above the estimated cost.

The BMC has also proposed construction of a bridge at Nehru Nagar in Kurla. The bridge will go over the nullah at Nehru Nagar and Shiv Srushti road and reduce the traffic on S G Barve road. Nikhil Constructions has been finalised for the job that will cost around ₹6.12 crore. The bridge will be 16.70 meters long and will take at least a year to be complete.

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