India, Sept. 13 -- Observing that the municipal corporations must be made liable to pay for the loss caused to citizens, due to potholes, including loss of lives and limbs, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed municipal corporations across the state to collate and submit data regarding such deaths which have occurred within their respective jurisdictions.

Admonishing the local bodies, the division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Sandesh Patil said it was high time the municipal corporations started to take this issue seriously.

"This is the apathy that we see. the municipal corporations are not at all serious about the issue," the court said. "Municipal corporations must be made liable for this. They must pay for the...