A Proposal to buy medicines for monsoon diseases remained pending with the Mayor’s office for 8 months despite 18 reminders, the civic administration has said, explaining the delay in submitting it to the standing committee. Mayor Kishori Pednekar said she can sanction proposals worth only Rs 75 lakh and the amount was way higher in this case. She has also threatened to sue the officer who mentioned her name. The proposal by the BMC’s central purchase department is to buy medicines for 2021-23 for Rs 53.51 crore. It was taken up by the committee on Monday.

The department had invited e-tenders to procure 173 drugs and the process was completed on July 31, 2020. It said a draft proposal was sent to Mayor Kishori Pednekar’s office on September 3, 2020 for approval. According to the proposal before the standing committee, the deputy commissioner of the department sent 18 reminders until May 17, 2021.