Uneven, poor quality cement roads presenting difficulties for citizens: Congress

A delegation of 15 residents from Prabhag, the Nagpur City Congress Committee and Congress Legal Cell met with Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, Additional Commissioner Ram Joshi and Assistant Commissioner Prakash Varade from the Dharampeth District, and submitted a memorandum highlighting enormous difficulties faced by people following poor quality and uneven construction of cement roads in town. The delegation said a network of cement roads is being established in the town. Inner cement roads under Prabhag 15 are being constructed in Dharampeth, Gadga and Gawlipura. Notwithstanding notifying the contractor and local corporator, the amount of cement roads has risen above the houses along the roads. This uneven construction has pushed a tight spot for citizens. People are exposed to numerous risks when conducting their daily tasks as contractors neglected basic safety considerations when carrying out work on the cement roads. Water gushed into resident’s houses during the recent rains. In fact, low building quality has raised resident’s woes. Instead of eliminating Reliance Jio Internet’s illegally built chambers, the contractor has raised the height of the chambers and brought them down to road level. One can imagine what would happen if someone were to lose balance on the rough road surface and the disparity in depth between tar road and the newly constructed concrete road is more troubling. The contractor should have ensured that this site is levelled equally during the construction period to ensure smooth vehicle passage. With officials less interested in monitoring the ongoing construction of concrete roads, contractors are busy designing more and more puzzles for road users, the delegation said.

The delegation was headed by Nagpur City Congress Committee Executive Member and Adv Akshay Samarth MPCC Legal Cell Secretary. Copies of the memorandum were also sent to the office of Major Sandeep Joshi, Deputy Mayor Manisha Kothekar, Health Officer, Opposition Leader in NMC.Reportedly, Municipal Commissioner Bangar told the delegation that the problem persists throughout the city, and not only in Prabhag 15. Nevertheless, taking serious note of the difficulties residents are facing, Bangar immediately phoned concerned officials and instructed them to undertake appropriate measures to reduce residents problems. Additional Commissioner Ram Joshi also listened to the residents’ grievances and promised that they would be looked into. Assistant Commissioner Varade has told himself that they will check the cement roads.Other delegation leaders include Devendra Rotele, Yugal Vidhavat, Yogesh Yersamwar, Adv Abhay Randive, Adv Ujwal Raut, Adv Shabana Divan, Adv Sunita Paul, Adv Archana Gajbhiye, Ramprasad Chaudhary, Rambhau Bante, Vivek Patkar, Naresh Naidu, Vishal Sayre, Nikhil Naidu, Chandan Pande, Dharampeth, Gadga, Gawlipura and Ramdaspeth.