Rains are expected to start in the second week of June, but the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is still struggling to complete its work of laying drainage pipelines in Navi Mumbai in time. Citing the expected arrival of pre-monsoon showers in the next few days, NMMC commissioner Bhaskar Wankhede had instructed the engineering department to carry out all necessary work and fill the pits which have been dug up to lay the drainage pipelines before May 31. But this has not been done.

That’s not all. NMMC has not even tarred most of the roads that were dug up to lay pipelines. However, officials claim they will finish both,filling of pits and tarring of dug-up roads, within the deadline. Surendra Patil, additional chief engineer of NMMC, said, “We have finished most of the work and have started filling up pits and dug-up roads. There are some stretches that need to be tarred but that will be done in the next few days.”