Updated On: 15 December, 2023 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
BMC demands explanation from contractor and quality monitoring agency, also slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on the former after cracks reappear

Aarey Road’s concretisation is a Rs 51.6 crore project. Pic/Anurag Ahire
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a show-cause notice to the contractor and the quality monitoring agency appointed for Aarey Road in Aarey Milk Colony after three per cent of its repaired portions developed cracks. The newly-constructed road had to be repaired after it developed cracks in the first week of December.
On December 7, 2023, mid-day reported that Aarey Raod, the main road cutting across Aarey Milk Colony, developed cracks at several locations. Following this, the contractor started patching up damaged parts of the road, which was reported by mid-day on December 9, 2023.