Despite the pandemic bringing the city to a screeching halt and the economic landscape littered with losses, the BMC spent 39 per cent of the estimated capital expenditure in the 2020-2021 budget, which officials said was close to the amount spent in the last financial year in the same period.

The BMC spent heavily on infra like roads, bridges and specifically, the Coastal Road. On the latter especially, the BMC spent over Rs 1,100 crore, more than double it spent last year, on the same.