Over 91% of the expenditure has gone towards clearing pending bills and spillover works. For the BBMP to focus on works budgeted for the current fiscal, it is essential to clear the pending bills. A majority of the tenders raised are towards road repair work. The collection trends show that the annual tax collected is around 75% of the budgeted property tax in the last two years. The BBMP budget had included grants amounting to ₹4,250 crore from both the State and Centre.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2017 14:26 UTC