A week after BMC scrapped the project of constructing toilet seats in slum areas, standing committee members raised objections on Monday. The civic body has managed to construct only 56 per cent of the toilet target in three years since the start of the project. The standing committee chairman has ordered the administration to give a report on why the project has been scrapped. mid-day had reported the issue in an exclusive story on November 24.

Under the project, sanctioned in January 2019, the BMC was to build/reconstruct 22,774 toilet seats within a year. As per the plan, the civic body decided to reconstruct 14,173 toilet seats and build another 6,071. A total amount of Rs 422 crore was sanctioned for the project. However, following the construction of 12,809 toilet seats, the project was scrapped.