The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to spend Rs 105 crore for fixing potholes on Mumbai's roads ahead of the monsoon season this year — a little more than half the amount spent by the civic body for the same purpose last year, Rs 200 crore, according to official information.

The cost of work pothole fixing has reduced due to the BMC’s Rs 17,000-crore road concreting project, which is nearing 75 per cent completion, in comparison to 45 per cent progress achieved during the same time last year. In the past year, the civic body’s use of mastic has gone down by 50 per cent.