The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to approve an increase in the cost for work of the Marwa bridge at Sakinaka, despite the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) pulling up the civic body for awarding work without a tender. The Rs 3.37 crore cost rise proposal for the competition of work was recently approved by the BMC. The civic body also approved an extension timeline for the work, from December 2023 to May 2024. The cost of construction of the Marwa road bridge is now Rs 29.44 crore.

Explaining the reason for the cost escalation, the civic roads department stated in the proposal that during excavation it was found that the condition of the underground Tansa pipeline near the Marwa bridge is inconsistent. Therefore, the length of the bridge was increased by 3.10 metres. Also, along the approach road on the western side of the bridge, there is a large network of water department water lines and high-pressure electric lines of Tata and Adani at the said planned site. Therefore, open excavation is not possible at the site and a pile foundation has been proposed for the foundation of the retaining wall.