The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has used 41 per cent of the amount that was reserved for projects (capital expenditure) this year till November end. 

This year BMC reserved Rs 18,750 crore as capital expenditure which was more than in earlier years, out of which only Rs 7,629 crore (41 per cent) was used. In the previous election year — 2016-17 — the BMC had allocated around Rs 12,958 crore out of which hardly Rs 3,850 crore, 30 per cent, was utilised. This year the allocation increased by almost 40 per cent. The BMC took some of the amount from the reserved funds for the projects as the revenue income decreased due to the lockdown.