Overview

• The Tata Projects–Daewoo joint venture was told to complete temporary corrective work within five days, with further action warned for any delay.
• The penalty is paired with a one-year extension of the defect liability period to January 2027 to strengthen accountability for pavement performance.
• Inspections identified minor distress near km 11, 15 and 16 on the Navi Mumbai-bound carriageway, with the most visible issues concentrated over roughly two kilometres.
• MMRDA is resurfacing longer stretches with bitumen and applying mastic asphalt for wet-weather safety, with permanent DBM and asphalt-concrete layers planned post-monsoon at the contractor’s cost.
• The response followed a widely shared video that media could not verify independently, as officials also reiterated the link remains structurally sound despite the surface issues.