One hundred and twenty two female corporators got a chance to escape the scorching heat of Mumbai and go to Lonavla for a training session organised by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body’s explanation was that since the temperature is soaring in the metropolitan, the session was conducted at the hill station.

However, the municipal corporation’s efforts to attract the women corporators proved futile as the training session, which was held from May 3-4, saw only 50 per cent turnout. While the representatives from the ruling party cited various reasons for skipping the event, corporators from the opposition parties such as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Nationalist Congress Party preferred to stay away.