Bhopal, June 20 -- How long can a public institution keep throwing away taxpayer money? Decades, it seems, judging by the futility of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation's ongoing anti-encroachment drive.
Every day, the BMC carries out eviction operations to clear footpaths, drains, markets and roads of unauthorised encroachments. And every day, the very same spaces are reoccupied. This cycle, predictable, costly and fruitless, has continued for years.
It is a textbook case of throwing good money after bad.
The city spends crores each year on bulldozers, fuel, enforcement personnel, equipment maintenance and sundry overheads. Yet there is nothing to show for it. No reclaimed space that stays reclaimed. No lasting improvement in access, drai...