by the time the driver reaches the garage the last train has left so he sleeps in the car data accessed from the bmc show the facility is being used so extensively that the drivers often claim overtime three times higher than their actual salaries mumbai the civic body has provided vehicles with drivers on the bmcs payroll to 13 key committee chairpersons and corporators occupying important posts like mayor and deputy mayor for their official use if relieved at 11pm he sleeps in the garage and claims overtime said an official civic officials say every day the driver has to take the car from the municipal garage and finally deposit the car in the garage and register the time he has left indiscriminate use of official vehicles provided by the brihanmumbai municipal corporation bmc to politicians who hold key posts has bled the public exchequer with drivers pocketing huge sums for working over and above their duty hours often they said a politician relieves a driver very late at night privileges for a fewcars with drivers on bmcs payroll are provided to 13 committee chairmen and corporators in key posts like the standing committee improvement committee education committee mayor deputy mayor leader of the house etcovertime in 2012nov driver of chairman of works committee city got nearly 1 lakh salary 25283 overtime 73993sept mayors driver got 90000 salary 26864 overtime 63247june driver of chairman of markets and gardens committee earned 95424 salary 24690 overtime 70734 even that is overtime these include chairmen of 17 ward committees leaders of parties other than main opposition in some cases the drivers took home almost rs 1 lakh in a month more than the civic chief s salary times view stop this loot of public moneyt his is yet another glaring example of abuse of perquisites by politicians the bmc provides vehicles manned by drivers on the civic bodys payroll to 13 committee chairmen and corporators who hold key posts the bmc should devise some way of reducing this loot corporators cars bleed bmc coffersdrivers on the bmcs payroll often earn more than even the municipal commissioner thanks to indiscriminate use of official vehicles by several corporators however data fromthe civic body reveals that most drivers on the bmcs payroll make a killing through overtime claims as politicians retain cars way beyond official hours chairpersons of other committees are assigned cars and drivers the bmc takes on lease according to the rule the mayors driver is supposed to work for 12 hours a day while other drivers have to work for eight hours a day our netas need to keep in mind that the money a bmc driver is making is not their money it comes from the citizens pocket by way of taxes and belongs to the public exchequer this could also be against labour laws there could be mischief on the drivers part too according to data drivers on an average clock in 250 extra hours of