New Delhi, April 4 -- The Maharashtra State Contractors' Association (MSCA) has warned the BJP-led Mahayuti government that it will stop work on development projects from April 7 if pending payments exceeding Rs.96,000 crore are not cleared immediately.

The MSCA is a state-level body representing contractors engaged in development works across departments.

In its letter, the contractor body said, the state government had cleared around Rs.20,000 crore last year following protests, but fresh bills from ongoing and completed works have pushed the total pending amount back to Rs.96,000 crore.

"In the last over one-and-a-half years, the pending bill amount went up to Rs.1.16 lakh crore. Now it is around Rs.96,400 crore, which means the sta...