Of this, Arya said, 16,826 km were urban city roads and the rest were in rural areas.

The PWD is responsible for 2,350 km of the roads.

'We want answers from Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit that if the number and length of roads we maintain is higher, then why is it that we don't get more allocations?' Arya stressed.

Arya also held that the MCD often had to overstep allocations and that the non-planned expenditure on road re-doing and maintaining urban roads was Rs.1 billion. This year, until now, the MCD has been granted Rs.750 million by the Delhi government for spending on roads.

In 2007-2008, while the MCD received Rs.1.7 billion, the PWD received Rs.6.2 billion - per km 26 times more - as funding for road schemes.

The MCD alleged that even in the subsequent year, the PWD received 53 times more per km than the MCD's outlay of Rs.1.25-billion.

The corporation has drawn flak for its shoddy maintenance of the roads that give away after one seasonal downpour. Potholes and poor drainage along the city's roads result in accidents and regular traffic jams and the repair work is often delayed.

'Our allocations are so less. We do what we can in our limited budget. In fact, the MCD is working to make all urban roads free from potholes by the first week of October,' Arya concluded.