The civic roads department has started taking a review of cold mix consumption at the ward level and allocation of budget for contractors. This comes in the wake of a mid-day report on Thursday highlighting that BMC’s own stock of cold mix was used up by August and the budget for pothole filling was also surpassed in several zones, making it difficult to repair the same even as three weeks of monsoon remain. The civic body has also started a survey to assess the condition of roads for resurfacing.

Many ward officials have raised concerns over the unavailability of cold mix since last month following mid-day’s report. A senior official from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s roads department told mid-day, “We are taking review from executive engineers of wards about the use of cold mix and allotment of funds for pothole filling.” The official further claimed that enough cold mix was provided to wards for the monsoon season as per their requirement. He added that it is the ward office’s duty to assess the condition of roads before monsoon and act accordingly.