India, April 16 -- In a bold assurance to Mumbai's citizens, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has declared that once concretised, Mumbai's roads will remain pothole-free for the next quarter century. "No durusti, no khadda (No repairs, no potholes) for 25 years," he said during his inspection tour of ongoing road concretisation work on Tuesday.

The BMC is currently racing against a May 31 deadline to complete 400 km of road concretisation. Of the 700 roads taken up in Phase 1, 260 roads have been completed. In Phase 2, work has been undertaken on 1,421 roads, of which 56 are completed. Many more stretches are partially done across the city.

For roads that remain unconcretised before the monsoon, interim measures such as geopolymer fi...