India, Dec. 18 -- Over the last nine years-nearly four of them under administrative rule-the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), according to yearly budgets, has spent more than Rs.74,752.09 crore across key civic departments, including roads, water supply, drainage, solid waste management and development works. Even as the new public representatives are set to be elected on January 15 however, citizens and citizens' groups claim that the scale of spending has not translated into visible or lasting improvements on the ground.

Between 2017-18 and 2025-26, the PMC allocated substantial funds for core infrastructure. Roads and bridges received between Rs.1,210 crore and Rs.1,300 crore annually; water supply projects between Rs.980 crore and R...