BMC allots Rs 5 lakh extra fund to each ward to fill potholes

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday allotted an additional fund of Rs 5 lakh each to all the 24 municipal wards of the city to buy cold-mix from the open market that will be used for filling potholes in their respective jurisdictions.

Every year, before the start of monsoon, the BMC allots Rs 1.5 crore to each municipal ward to fill potholes and to carry out repairs on the bad patches of roads, caused due to rains.

This year, with the monsoon extending till the last week of September, Mumbaikars are yet to get respite from the menace of potholes. Meanwhile, owing to the continuous rain for the past two weeks, the number of potholes on the roads of Mumbai have increased exponentially, leading to severe inconvenience to people.