nagpur around rs200 crore are being spent on beautification and other works for the past few months ahead of the twoday g20 meeting to be held in the city while some improvement is visible on the ground in terms of beautification the nagpur municipal corporation nmc has failed in solving several problems faced by the citizensincidentally municipal commissioner radhakrishnan b completed one year as nmc administrator on friday he had replaced the bjpruled nmc governing body whose tenure ended on march 4 2022 toi tries to look into radhakrishnans one year stint as administratordue to legal tangle over obc reservation delay in drafting municipal wards etc the nmc elections were postponed for a longer period the 156member general body which included five nominated corporators was dissolved on march 4 2022as there is no provision in the mmc act to extend the tenure of any governing body the civic affairs continue to be managed by the administrator till the new body is electedalthough some good works have been carried out during this period the civic administration has failed to solve and ensure quality services to its taxpayers which were earlier addressed by corporatorsmain roads improvedin radhakrishnan bs rs2684 crore budget the nmc has spent or earmarked only rs36 crore for renovation of roads in the last one year during the administrators regime the nmc has focused only on ensuring renovation of bigger and wider roads and ignored internal lanesdata obtained from nmc also revealed that none of the major roads from nehru nagar zone were covered for renovation in the last one year twelve roads each were selected from laxmi nagar and dharampeth zones while nine and eight roads were selected under mangalwari and dhantoli zones respectivelyplaints increased remain unsolvedin the previous year 202122 when the general body was functioning the nmc had received 23908 complaints and also succeeded in resolving 23823 themduring radhakrishnans tenure as administrator the civic body has received as many 27357 complaints related to various civic issues of these 9995 complaints related to sewerage issues were from the public health engineering department followed by 5854 from solid waste management and were related to nonlifting of garbage as many 2085 complaints were related to bad roads and 1487 were for illmaintained gardens across the corporation limits though nmc is claiming to have resolved 25898 complaints citizens disagree claiming that in most of the cases the concerned departments closed the grievances without resolving the issueselectric busesthe aapli bus fleet improved during the last one year as 68 electric buses including 15 airconditioned ones joined the service now 13 more ac electric buses have arrived and are set to join the service after holinew initiativesprioritywise works being carried outmain roads improvedlaunched whatsapp number 8600004746 for raising civic issuesc and d waste treatmente waste collection startedstarts fining litterbugspenalising pet owners for poopto start animal birth control abc of stray dogs