1031 potholes filled 13 days after the order of the NMC Chief
NMC commissioner Abhijeet Bangar held a meeting with the officials concerned and ordered them to fix the potholes on a war footing, despite the inconvenience caused by the poor road conditions and the orders of the High Court.
The administration began work, and from September 20 to October 3, a total of 1,031 potholes on different roads in the city were patched by hot mix department sources. Total 21,961 sq mt roads were repaired.
Research on fixing the potholes started on the first of April. Between April 1 to September 19, a total of 6228 potholes on 2,9,776 sq.m. roads were patched and, to date, 7659 potholes were fixed. Around 1 and 30 September, jet puncture machines were used to patch 319 potholes on 4715 sq m of roads, as per departmental claims.
The NMC Commissioner, after raising complaints from people and security issues, took note of the issue.
A meeting of officials was held recently at the NIT Hot Mix Plant on the request of the Commissioner. NMC also made an advance of Rs 25 lakhs to NIT and agreed to patch potholes in the remaining seven districts.
The Commissioner urged Maha Metro, NHAI, PWD and Mahavitran to repair the roads in their jurisdictions. The Commissioner also toured with Mahavitran officials on Saturday and inspected the streets.
Roads repaired in 13 days Pratapnagar chowk, HC till Japani udyan, motha Tajbagh, Coffee house chowk, Mankapur Faras till Godhni road, Tukadoji statue Vanjarinagar, LAD College, LAD college chowk to Japani udyan, Mankapur Zingabai Takli, Tapovan Govindnagar, Dhantoli bridge, Bharatwada road and primary school, Patidar bhavan, Munje chowk, Model mill chowk to Tulsibagh bridge, Hingna naka, Aichit Mandir to Gangabai ghat, Jayaka motors road civil lines, Ajni bridge, Dalda company chowk Jayaka road, Gangabai ghat to Zenda chowk, Hazaripahad, Rahate chowk to Aathrasta chowk, Akashvani to Gupta house to Air India, Kadbi chowk, Managalmurty chowk to Jaytala, Gaddigodam, Krida chowk, Dighori,Kharbi, Ayurvedic, Khamla chowk to Aath rasta chowk Laxminagar, Agrasen chowk to Yadav samaj bhavan, Vathoda ghat, Dikshit colony, Bharatwada Pardi, Manas chowk, Aath rasta chowk, Manas chowk, cotton market to Mokshdham, Akashvani to Gaddigodam, Loha pul and other roads were repaired as per the claims.
Jet puncture used for repair Jat machines were used to repair roads in Phule market Bardi, Khamla main road, Cargo terminal to Wardha road, Chhatrapati chowk, Seminary hills to Futala chowk, Gorewada to Futala, Shantinagar main road, Rajvilas talkies chowk to Bhola Ganesh chowk, Dharampeth area, Rajeevnagar chowk to Khamla chowk, Railway station, Ramnagar chowk to Amravati road, Munje chowk Sitabuldi, Vaddhamana nagar road, Gattigodam chowk to Kadbi chowk, Japani udyan to Rajbhavan chowk, Medical chowk to Krida chowk, Friends colony road, Hill Top Ramnagar, Gajanan nagar and Main road Chhatrapati nagar according to hotmix department sources.
