India, Nov. 6 -- Shakeel stating on the problem said the budget to tackle potholes has gone up and so have the number of craters. Over the past years, almost all complaints lodged with the BMC have been attended to, yet pothole problems continue to pour in.

Pending Request Report

In the year 2015 on April 1 to March 31, 2016, the complaints of potholes received by BMC stood at 99.37% whereas the percentage of complaints pending stood at 0.63 percent.

In the year 2016 April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017, the percentage of complaints received by BMC stood at 93.18 per cent while 6.82 per cent of complaints were still pending.

Between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, 98.42 per cent of complaints were addressed by the BMC against 1.58%. Fr...