It’s not just BMC’s pollution control measures that have taken a hit due to manpower being diverted to election duties, but so have civic chief Bhushan Gagrani’s plans for action against unauthorised hawkers, footpath encroachment and misuse of parking spaces, along with a slew of other duties. He had instructed civic officials to take on these tasks on a war footing on October 7.

The civic body will deploy approximately 42,000 of its 90,000 employees for the upcoming assembly elections. The Corporation has already posted 12,000 employees on pre-election works, and others will be deployed in phases.