The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has spent Rs 120 crore on the repairs and renovation of its headquarters. Though the BMC is the richest civic body in the country, the expenditure on repairs was exceptionally high, claimed an activist.

In reply to an RTI query posed by activist Anil Galgali, the civic administration informed that it has spent over Rs 120 crore on the repairs and renovation of the BMC headquarters. He was informed that between 2008 and 2012, the BMC's building construction department spent about Rs 111.73 crore on repairs which include interior works, glass works, stone wall reinstallation etc. Rs 8.87 crore is yet to be paid to various contractors for the work. The repairs are still on.