Infrastructure At The Forefront In BMC’s Rs 74,427-Crore Budget For 2025

The budget for the fiscal year 2025–2026 released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is Rs 74,427 crore, 14.19 percent greater than the previous fiscal year’s revised estimate of Rs 65,180 crore.

Bhushan Gagrani, the state-appointed administrator and BMC Commissioner who assumed leadership in March 2024, submitted this year’s budget. Following the dissolution of the general body of elected representatives in March 2022, the administrator presented the municipal body’s budget for the third year in a row.

Of the entire budget, Rs 31,204 crore has been put aside for revenue expenditures, and Rs 43,162 crore has been designated for construction expenditures. The majority of the funds for FY 2025–2026 have been set aside to improve some of the major infrastructure initiatives aimed at improving the city’s prospects.

The Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project (MSDP), which is carrying out the project of building seven Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) in Mumbai, received the largest allocation of Rs 5,545 crore. These facilities will gradually come online between 2026 and 2028.

The Bridge Department was given Rs 4,000 crore by BMC to complete the second stage of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project, which will link Versova and Dahisar. The road concretisation project was given Rs 3,111 crore by the civic government. Data provided in the BMC budget indicates that 26% of the road concretisation project has been finished thus far, with the city authorities hoping to finish 75% of the work in the upcoming fiscal year.

In addition, the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR), which is anticipated to open by 2028, has been given a budget of Rs 1,958 crore. From the Western Express Highway (WEH), the 12-kilometer GMLR will travel eastward until it reaches Mulund in the eastern suburbs. Currently, there is no direct connection between these two areas of the city, and it takes 75 to 90 minutes to get there during rush hour. The estimated travel time between these two locations will drop to 25 minutes once GMLR is operational.

Also, Rs 1,516 crore has been set aside for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (south), which went into service in March 2024, to finish the remaining construction and maintain it.

Source: The Indian Express

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