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Bengaluru Civic Ward 94

Ward 94 budget papers obtained

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CHAPTER 1
Chapter 1 · THE NEWS 0:00 / 6:12
THE NEWS
A third of the ward road budget went unspent while the works list grew by 40 entries.
REPORTER'S VIEW
The papers were withheld for four months. What they show is not a scandal of theft but of drift.
ROOM FOR DISAGREEMENT
The ward office says monsoon delays, not inaction, moved the money.
NOTABLE
Two line items appear in both the 2025 and 2026 lists.

The documents cover the 2025-26 financial year and were obtained after a four-month refusal.

A third of the road budget went unspent.
— Ward 94 budget papers, 2025-26
ROOM FOR DISAGREEMENT

The ward office disputes the provenance of the papers and says the unspent figure reflects timing, not inaction.

THE TWO MINUTE CATCH-UP

Four months of refusals, then the papers.

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13:34
PRIME ALERT Desk

Engineer names the officer who signed

Filed at the desk.

13:13
FACT-CHECK DESK

Three claims about the ward 94 works list, checked

FALSE The full works list was published in March. It was tabled without the cost column, which is the column at issue.
CONTEXT Monsoon delays stopped the works. They stopped 11 of 312. The rest were never tendered.
TRUE A third of the allocation is unspent. 34.2% as of the 30 June statement.
09:33
Desk

Ward office responds to query 4

The engineer's office answered our 4th written question about the unspent allocation.

08:33
Desk

Ward office responds to query 5

The engineer's office answered our 5th written question about the unspent allocation.

07:33
Desk

Ward office responds to query 6

The engineer's office answered our 6th written question about the unspent allocation.

06:33
Desk

Ward office responds to query 7

The engineer's office answered our 7th written question about the unspent allocation.

CORRECTIONS LOG

16:34 · An earlier version said half the budget was unspent. It was a third.

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