India, June 18 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is at the halfway mark in its city-wide road concretisation initiative. It has concretised 63.53% of roads in Phase 1 and 36.84% in Phase 2 - collectively, that's 50.18% of roads completed. The deadline was May 31, 2025.

Together, under Phase 1 and 2, a total of 2,121 roads covering 700km were to be taken up - 700 roads in Phase 1 and 1,421 roads in Phase 2. According to figures provided by the BMC, only 342.74 km of work, on 1,385 roads, was completed by May 31, 2025.

Of these, 771 roads covering 186km were completed end-to-end, while 614 roads totaling 156.74km were completed either junction-to-junction or half-width. All roads have been opened to traffic.

The BMC aims to...