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- The BMC is planning a revised policy under which agencies that dig up Mumbai roads will themselves have to restore the excavated stretches, instead of the civic body doing it as at present.
- The policy will rationalise reinstatement charges and make it mandatory for agencies to lay utility ducts if a trench exceeds 50 metres.
- Officials say repeated trenching for underground utility work is a major reason for poor road conditions, and ducts beneath roads could reduce trenching by 70-80%, though not all utilities can be placed in ducts.
- Currently less than half of Mumbai's roads have utility ducts, and the BMC eventually wants ducts on all roads.
What to watch next
- Final notification of the revised policy and its reinstatement charge structure
- Whether agencies comply with restoration or leave work to BMC despite levied charges
- Progress on installing utility ducts across Mumbai's road network
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