The high-level meeting, aimed at addressing the stigma of ``government's non-performance'', is expected to be attended by senior bureaucrats from Finance, Law and Judiciary and a few other departments so that decisions are not stalled.

Sources said the purpose behind the unconventional meeting is to energise departments - and indirectly the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation - to initiate and speed up various developmental projects in the Sena-BJP held constituencies in the city. Of the 34 constituencies, the alliance partners hold 29 with the Sena having 17 and BJP 12 MLAs respectively.

Though MLAs keep meeting the CM regularly, this particular meeting assumes significance against the backdrop of the non-performance of the alliance government. Several MLAs have apparently received complaints from their electorateciting examples of how projects that were promised years ago are not yet on stream or those that were started are languishing for want of resources and the all-important nudge from powers-that-be.

Significantly, the MLAs demanded that senior bureaucrats be present at the meeting since their contention is that work or any project or programme suffers from bureaucratic non-cooperation and delays.

However, the bureaucrats, amused at the idea of a special meeting say, this is not true. Most projects are of minor nature and MLAs want to explore the use of their fund, where the government and/or bureaucracy has cited lack of resources as a reason.

``Many things don't happen because of administrative reasons but finally we, as the people's representatives, will get it in the neck,'' said a BJP MLA. The alliance MLAs are worried about the grass-root feedback on the government's performance so far and want to address it at some level. The idea is that their electorate gets the message: This government isworking; it's also fulfilling some promises.

The feedback also reflected that both the BJP and the Sena, given their manner of governance, had alienated support bases in their constituencies. Some discerning MLAs have started organising social and cultural programmes at the local level to ``show their presence'' in their constituencies. Clearly, the new awakening is pegged to the forthcoming Assembly election.