Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the civic administration for unnecessarily taking time on the project resulting in a cost escalation.

“The project was approved by the Standing Committee and General Body (GB) last year and work was expected to start this year,” said Madhuri Misal, MLA, BJP. “Every year, the project cost rises by 9 per cent. The municipal commissioner presented a docket to the committee informing about the cost escalation.