With the civic elections round the corner, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)  declared a bonus to its employees and those of the BEST Undertaking on Friday.

The Rs 20,000 bonus is double than that of last year for BEST employees and a 25 per cent rise for BMC employees. Every year, unions fight with the administration over bonus, but this time it has come without any issues. The bonanza is for over 1.30 lakh employees of the BMC and BEST. Last year, BMC employees received Rs 15,500 which was Rs 500 more than the previous year. BEST employees received just Rs 10,100 last year.