In a latest development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has scrapped its project of increasing toilet seats of community toilets by 50% in slums, stated reports.
The project was sanctioned in January 2019, where the civic body had to build 22,774 toilet seats within a year. However, even after three years, only 56% of toilets are built.
In 2017, BMC had decided to construct 16,703 toilet seats in place of the old 14,173 toilet seats. In 2018, the procedure for tender took place, and a year later, in 2019, the standing committee approved the project.
The amount sanctioned for the project was INR 422 crores, and the civic administration has failed to provide the figure of how much amount of money was spent on this project.
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The locals who require this facility have expressed inconvenience as the delayed project did them no good and now the complete scrapping of the project has led to inconvenience. Almost all the Mumbai slums are facing the same issue.
The contractors have blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the delayed work.
Dr Sangita Hasnale, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, said that they have reviewed the situation and decided that project could not be completed. Following which she ordered the municipal corporation to complete the ongoing project as soon as possible. They have cancelled the construction of the remaining toilet seats, which are yet to begin.
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