From October, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has fixed responsibility of maintenance of Mumbai roads to each sub-engineer in its road department. BMC has decided to divide the 1,941 km of the city roads into stretches of 15-20 km and assign the upkeep of every stretch to a sub-engineer.
Every sub-engineer will have to ensure potholes are filled, trenches covered and his 15-20 km stretch has enough strength to sustain heavy traffic, GM Agarwal, chief engineer of the road department, said. BMC will display a list of roads and engineers responsible for each stretch.
BMC will put up contact details of engineers and roads alloted to them on the BMC website. This will help citizens directly contact the engineer concerned for repairs, Agarwal said.