Following the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon in October, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has restarted work on 645 roads—covering 297.49 kilometres—under its large-scale concretisation programme. Data shows that more than 60 per cent of the resumed works are located in the western suburbs. Officials said the civic body aims to complete concretisation on 80 per cent of the roads where fresh work has begun by January 2026. Launched in 2022, the Rs 170 billion project seeks to concretise 700 kilometres of roads across Mumbai. All civil works were halted during the monsoon period from June to September. With clearer weather in October, the BMC resumed work across 297.49 kilometres of road length, including stretches where work had been partially completed and a smaller number of new roads. When the monsoon interruption began, 574 roads extending over 167 kilometres were partially completed, while work on an additional 205 kilometres had not yet started. Since work resumed on 1 October, the western suburbs account for the largest share at 192 kilometres. Zone IV—covering dense pockets of Malad, Goregaon, Dahisar and Kandivali—has the highest concentration of works under way at 95 kilometres. In the eastern suburbs, 63 kilometres of work has been initiated, primarily in Kurla, Chandivali, Deonar and Chembur. In the island city, approximately 41 kilometres of new concretisation has begun. “We have started work on over 600 roads. We plan to complete nearly 80 per cent of ongoing road works by January. Once these are completed, we will progressively take up new stretches,” a senior BMC official said. Before the monsoon halt in June, BMC had completed 63 per cent of Phase I, with 101.67 kilometres fully concretised and 101.68 kilometres partially completed. In Phase II, 36 per cent of the target had been achieved. The civic body has set May 2026 deadlines to complete 95 per cent of Phase I and 85 per cent of Phase II works.