The Rs 17,700-crore road concretisation project was initiated by the BMC in 2023 with an aim to concretise around 700 km of roads in Mumbai. (File Photo) A day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) floated a Rs 105-crore tender for filling and repairing potholes on Mumbai’s roads and highways, the civic body came under criticism from a citizens’ forum over spending such a huge amount for pothole repairs when its ambitious road concretisation project is underway. According to the tender, the Rs 105-crore project is divided into multiple packages, of which Rs 30 crore has been allocated for pothole repair works on the Western and Eastern Express Highways. The civic body’s record, however, shows that BMC’s expenditure for filling potholes have seen a drop over the past few years. In 2025, the BMC had spent Rs 150 crore for pothole repairs while in 2024, the cost stood at Rs 202 crore. “ Mumbai has a road network of 2,050 kilometres, of which, 1,333 km is already being concretised.…