With the deadline to finish the drain desilting work approaching closer, the BMC has managed to complete merely 58 per cent of the job, a BMC leader said adding that the remaining work will be completed by month end.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 54 per cent of work is completed in main city, 63 percent in western suburbs and 58 percent in eastern suburbs while the overall percentage of the job done is 58 percent.

The BMC standing committee chairperson, Rahul Shewale, who today visited drains in eastern suburbs suggested that a board displaying percentage of work completed be erected at each and every drain.

Last year at this time, the BMC had de-silted 65 per cent of the drains and penalised as many as 18 contractors who lagged behind the schedule.