With the very first heavy rains of the season, the corruption of the state government and municipal administration was exposed as Mumbai’s streets turned into drains.
Roads and railway tracks were flooded, and office-goers in Mumbai faced immense hardships. The BMC spends crores of rupees annually on pre-monsoon work and drain-cleaning, yet every year tells the same story.
It is because contractors and those in power are looting public money and lining their own pockets that Mumbaikars are suffering, alleged Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshavardhan Sapkal.
Targeting the BJP-led alliance and the BMC administration, Sapkal added that the first rains had thrown Mumbai into a state of chaos, turning streets into ponds.
Waterlogging at various places paralysed the city roads, with housing societies, railway tracks, underground metro stations, and hospitals submerged to a high extent.
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One spell of rain has exposed the corrupt governance of the BJP, Shinde Sena, and Ajit Pawar’s alliance. Their “efficiency” is such that they might need boats to go door-to-door asking for votes in the upcoming elections.
Every year, the municipal corporation spends crores on pre-monsoon work, and yet, the question arises: where does the money really go? These conditions are the result of a corrupt alliance between the Mantralaya, BMC administration, and contractors.
For the financial year 2025-26, the BMC presented a budget of ₹74,427 crores, which is approximately 14.19% more than the 2024-25 budget—the largest in the municipal body’s history.
Of this, ₹5,100 crores was allocated for roads and transport, and ₹5,545 crores for sewage treatment plants.
In 2024, ₹249.27 crores were spent on drain-cleaning, while in 2025, ₹395 crores were spent on drain-cleaning and desilting the Mithi River, with work awarded to 31 contractors. Yet, despite this expenditure, the city’s drains were clogged.
It is now clear the money was palmed off. Mumbai’s treasury, filled with taxpayers’ money, has been looted, and the citizens will not forgive this corrupt gang, declared the Congress state president.