“The additional municipal commissioner’s excuse is very lame and borders on idiocy. The BMC should have been prepared a month in advance, instead of blaming the monsoon for its early arrival.

The civic body has enough funds and manpower to get the road repair work done on time. Moreover, if it’s a known fact that the monsoon arrives in June, why does the BMC want it to come in July? ” said Byculla resident Nazim Ansari, in response to Aseem Gupta’s vague reply on the deplorable condition of the city roads with just three weeks of rains.