PIL in HC as BMC's Borivli flyover cost spikes 50%

Borivli's proposed flyover in Kora Kendra is in the eye of the storm yet again as project cost has now escalated by 50%, and the stretch has been extended without inviting fresh tenders. The BMC, which awarded the contract for the flyover to the family members of a blacklisted contractor, has been dragged to court by a social worker.

- Hemali Chhapia & Chaitanya Marpakwar

Mumbai: In his public interest litigation, Vicky Waghmare has asked the court that a competent authority verify the process followed in awarding the tender, or an SIT be roped in to scrutinize the documents and submit a report.

It was in 2018 that the civic body had proposed the flyover measuring around 930 metres in the Kora Kendra area of Borivli connecting the Link Road to SV road. The firm that was awarded the contract for the Rs 121 crore project has familial ties with the blacklisted M/s RPS Infra Project Pvt Ltd. The two, according to the PIL, even run out of the same office address.