India, March 5 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a meeting with BMC officers on Tuesday, pulled them up for delaying infra projects in the city. "If the Centre can complete projects in 2.5 to three years, why can't the BMC?" he demanded.

BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani and other senior officers were present at the meeting, which was held at the Vidhan Bhavan secretariat. Fadnavis instructed the BMC to put projects like the Goregaon-Mulund link road and the Versova-Bhayander coastal road on its speed list and complete them quickly.

The bridges department of the BMC has a dismal track record, and takes six to eight years to complete a project. Abhijit Bangar, additional municipal commissioner (projects), has now started visiting si...