Continued from page 01 While the BMC makes financial provisions for several infrastructural projects, it pays more attention to some of the departments like roads, bridges, stormwater drainage and water.
However, even after spending such a huge portion of the funds, the city roads are far from being pothole- free.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Road Department official said, u201c There are multiple reasons why potholes appear on roads.
u201c Being involved in corruption by choosing the same contractors over years, lack of supervision and reluctance to use new technologies are the three major reasons behind the pathetic condition of roads in the city,u201d said activist Nikhil Desai. He added that the civic body does not work to put all the utilities inside one duct so that frequent digging of roads is not necessary.
BMC had spent R 3.45crore/ day on roads for past 6 yrs Potholes on the road outside Bandra East railway station being filled. FILE PIC Expenditure on roads Financial Year Spending on Roads ( in R cr) 2014- 15 1,988 2015 - 16 1,649 2016- 17 458 2017- 18 g 1,092 2018- 19 1,259 2019- 20 ( till Dec 2019) 773 Total 7,219 Per day expenditure 3.44 Pothole- free roads still remain a distant dream even though the civic body spends more that one fourth of the funds on road projects every year
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