Even as the monsoon is nearing an end, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have woken up to citizens’ woes over the bad state of roads in the city only now. Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal held an online meeting with all ward officials and instructed them to take steps to fill the potholes at the earliest.

A day after mid-day reported on the delay in filling of potholes, the civic chief directed that once potholes are noticed, they should be filled within 24 hours. However, BMC has claimed that they have filled up more than 40,000 potholes since April, but continuous rains over the past few days have led to resurgence. This will be tackled on war footing as instructed by the commissioner, said officials.