MUMBAI: The opposition Congress in the BMC will bring a “no-confidence” motion against civic chief Ajoy Mehta over potholes and damaged roads. Surprisingly, the rulingShiv Sena too has decided to extend support to the motion, expected to be tabled in the forthcoming civic general body meeting. At the civic standing committee meeting held on Thursday, chaos broke out over increasing potholes on roads which the BMC has been unable to solve despite giving out several deadlines.
The opposition party leader in the BMC, Pravin Chheda, said, “There are several roads in Mumbai which are under defect liability period. The BMC should at least get contractors to fill in potholes on these roads at the earliest. I shall be bringing in a no-confidence motion at the next general body meeting against the commissioner.”
Chheda also questioned why the next phase of the road report has yet not been brought out by the BMC and under whose pressure was the administration acting. The standing committee chairman and Sena corporator, Yashodhar Phanse, said they would support the motion to be brought by the opposition.