While you dodge potholes, face water shortages and wonder why precious little is being done to make things better, the BMC has been busy buying its Standing Committee chairman a swanky new car every year, with your money.

Current Standing Committee chairman Yashodhar Phanse will no longer have to travel in this Scorpio as he will be getting a spanking new one this week.

In the past six years, the civic body has bought six new cars for the Standing Committee chairman — an average of one car every year — despite a state government rule clearly stating that a government car should be phased out only after it is 10 years old and has run for 2.40 lakh km.

And, with five sedans and an SUV, these are not your entry-level cars either. The six cars on the list are Mahindra Logan, Tata Manza, Fiat Lenia, Maruti Swift Dzire, Toyota Etios and now a Mahindra Scorpio.