Members of the committee alleged that MCD makes bulk purchases of medicines without checking the quality of the drugs or the turnover of the manufacturer. They also alleged that some distributors change the labels of the drugs before supplying them to the MCD hospitals and dispensaries.

Several BJP members however said that the quality of drugs is not tested in the laboratories after procurement.

However, officials of the health department said that they do check the turnover of the company and also seek approval of the drug controller.

Dissatisfied with the answer provided, Standing Committee chairman Shanti Desai instructed the Municipal Commissioner to frame a new policy and place it before the committee within three months. Only after approval from the committee would drugs be purchased under the new policy and all drugs will be tested in the government laboratories. Desai also said that even if medicines are bought from the distributors, manufacturers would be asked to provide the bills.

Opposition leader Dr Narendra Nath also felt that the sum of Rs 28.5 crores allocated for cleaning the sewers was highly inflated. He said that last year the corporation had spent only Rs 17.94 crores on this exercise. BJP member Ved Prakash Gupta said that some of the sewers had not been cleaned even though the time fixed for this purpose had elapsed.

Giving a clarification, Municipal Commissioner V K Duggal said that he would ask the vigilance department to check whether all sewers had been cleaned or not. He also said that the position of the sewers would be filmed on video before cleaning and after cleaning. He however, said that last year 689 sewers were cleaned, but this time 904 sewers which were more than four feet wide had been cleaned. He said that an expenditure of Rs 28.5 crores would be incurred in cleaning 1131.5 kilometres of sewers.