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Mumbai: Digging roads for utility could cost a bomb
Updated On: 27 May, 2023 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
BMC proposes to charge four-times current rate for trenching to lay utility lines
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In the draft, the BMC has proposed not to allow any trenching on newly repaired or built CC roads for the first year. Representation pic
About 400 km of roads are trenched every year for utility works, according to the BMC, which has framed a policy to restrain unnecessary digging of roads and improper levelling thereafter. According to the draft, which is open for objection and suggestion, the costs of trenching and reinstatement of roads have been hiked considerably for private parties.
Residential, commercial, industrial complexes and others requiring underground utility lines such as sewage, water, cables and gas pipelines would have to pay Rs 7,011 per metre for trenching on footpaths or paver blocks/asphalt roads, according to the draft. Currently, the BMC charges Rs 3,500 per metre. For trenching and reinstatement on cement concrete (CC) roads, the private parties would have to pay Rs 32,091 per metre, four times the current cost of Rs 8,000 per meter.
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