With an October audit revealing the poor state of 54 bridges under its care, the BMC is in no mood to take any chances with the handover of the overpasses by the state authorities. The BMC’s Bridges department will soon write to the authorities concerned to submit the latest structural audit report of all the bridges that they will be transferring.

The state government has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to hand over all roads, including bridges, under their jurisdiction to the BMC for maintenance. Both the authorities currently maintain more than 25 bridges.