Ahead of the 2024 monsoon, Mumbai’s municipal corporation planned to spend 106 crore rupees “for the pothole-free monsoon this year,” the Free Press Journal reported. In 2022 it said it had filled more than 18,000 potholes between April 1 and July 27.
In August 2023 the Bombay High Court heard a contempt plea over its own order on potholes from 2018. “Are five years not enough to remove potholes?” the judges asked. “Is this a regular feature during the monsoon?”