While citizens are reeling from the pothole menace, roads are being dug up to install poles to set up hoardings and arches in the name of local politicians, for Navratri celebrations. In one such instance, an arch mentioning former Shiv Sena corporator and education committee chairman Sandhya Doshi and her husband Vipul Doshi, also a Shiv Sainik, has been erected on Shimpoli Road in Borivali West.

A resident from the area, on the condition of anonymity, told mid-day, “It is the job of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the corporator to provide good civic amenities and ensure roads and footpaths in the area are maintained. But this doesn’t seem to be happening as the banner of the former corporator has been installed by digging a road.” When contacted, Doshi said she was not not aware of any such incident. “We have not installed any banners or hoardings,” she added.