BMC to shut Gokhale bridge for two years from Monday

19 Repair Done Sans Inviting Bids, Finds CAG

- Richa Pinto timesgroup.com

Mumbai: As Andheri stares at traffic chaos with the BMC suddenly proposing to shut the east-west Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge from Monday for two years for repairs and reconstruction, it has emerged that a few months ago the CAG had pointed out how the municipal corporation had laid the red carpet for a contractor for a work on the bridge in 2019.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said in a report submitted to the municipal commissioner in June that the BMC had awarded the work of providing temporary support from the base to Gokhale bridge in April 2019 to a contractor without inviting tenders. The CAG said it was a case of rendering undue benefit to the contractor.