Continued from page 01 While the BMC makes financial provisions for several infrastructural projects, it pays more attention to some of the departments like roads, bridges, stormwater drainage and water.

As per official data, the civic body spends more than one- fourth of its funds every year for such projects. In the last six years, except 2016- 17, the total expense on roads each year has been more than R 1,000 crore. The civic body has spent R 28,260 crore on infrastructural projects from March 2014 to December 2019, out of which R 7,219 crore ( 25.5 per cent) was spent on construction of cement concrete roads, asphalt roads, renovation of junctions and resurfacing of roads.