3 minutes of readingBombayUpdated: February 9, 2026 08:04 pm IST
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has floated 361 tenders worth around Rs 600 crore in the month. after the civic elections According to official records, most of them were issued immediately after the withdrawal of the model code of conduct. Of the total tenders carried out between January 17 and February 9, 355 are currently active.
The tenders were issued after the State Election Commission lifted the code of conduct imposed before the local body elections, ending a month-long freeze on civic procurement activity.
The tenders cover a variety of infrastructure and civic works throughout Bombay including resurfacing of roads in the eastern suburbs and repairs to parts of the Bandra Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF).
Civic officials said a large number of these tenders had been pending since December but could not be carried out due to the code of conduct.
BMC records show that no tender was held between December 15, when the code came into effect, and January 16, when the civic elections were announced.
“Usually, five to ten tenders are floated every week. However, during the one-month period of the code of conduct, no new tenders could be floated and a backlog was created. Therefore, after the elections they were immediately charged to preempt any delay in execution of civic works,” an official told The indian express on Mondays.
Among the key works tendered during this period were repairs at the municipality-run KEM Hospital, rental of vehicles for waste collection in Borivali, repairs to drainage and passages in Malad, procurement of vehicle-mounted spray machines to tackle air pollution and maintenance of CCTV cameras at HBT College.
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The push for the tender comes as the civic body prepares to exit the administrator government that has been in place since March 7, 2022 after the dissolution of the elected body.
During this period, all tenders were approved by the municipal commissioner, as the powers of the mayor and statutory committees rested with the office.
“The administrator rule will continue in BMC till the mayor is elected. If any of these projects whose tenders are already active face a blockage, then they will be sent back to acquire a new process of approvals from the statutory committees which are currently not there for the last four years,” a civic official said.
