The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already spent Rs 1,632 crore to curb the spread of COVID-19 and fight the pandemic, but now it needs another Rs 400 crore to fund the process further. The civic body has placed a proposal before the standing committee to allow it transfer the additional amount from the budget funds to the contingency fund so that it can be used for several initiatives undertaken to deal with the pandemic.

So far, the BMC has spent the maximum amount of Rs 453.11 crore for setting up a COVID care facility at SevenHills hospital and another Rs 213.08 crore for the creation and upkeep of jumbo facilities.