One in every six questions raised at the ward committee meetings were about naming or renaming of public places, while the BMC took an average of 41 days to resolve a citizen’s complaint, according to a report based on an analysis of the past 10 years. The 2022 report on Status of Civic Issues in Mumbai was released on Thursday by Praja Foundation, which works towards facilitating accountable governance.

Corporators discussed 4,960 issues between 2012 and 2021 at ward committee meetings, and 1,528 of them were regarding naming/renaming of public places, 1,645 on issues about roads, 570 about water supply, 823 about solid waste management (SWM) and 394 on drainage. At 522, Shiv Sena corporators asked the highest number of questions regarding naming or renaming of public places, followed by 444 from the BJP and 105 by the Congress.