The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has finally woken up to potholes, rough patches and slushy stretches all over city roads. After several reports on roads being dotted with potholes, NMC and other agencies like Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and PWD have started filling up the potholes temporarily using mixture of earth and red gravel.
NMC executive engineer (projects) Vivek Salve said that it was not possible to repair potholes using hot mix material due to monsoon. However, we would provide temporary relief to citizens by filling up ditches with gravel. "Initially, we will fill up large potholes which pose a danger to vehicles on NMC owned roads and then turn to NIT and PWD owned roads," he said.
He added it was natural for roads to deteriorate in rains. He said roads under NMC were actually not as bad as roads under NIT and PWD. The regular tarring work on the roads would begin only after September 30, he added. Taking cognizance of recent TOI reports, municipal commissionerSanjeev Jaiswal recently directed officials to initiate steps to fill up potholes.
TOI had reported how despite allocating almost Rs 19 crore in NMC budget for maintenance and repair of 60 roads constructed under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP) in 2002, the civic body had failed in maintaining roads in good condition. Even citizens started asking where the good roads of city had gone.
NMC executive engineer (projects) Vivek Salve said that it was not possible to repair potholes using hot mix material due to monsoon. However, we would provide temporary relief to citizens by filling up ditches with gravel. "Initially, we will fill up large potholes which pose a danger to vehicles on NMC owned roads and then turn to NIT and PWD owned roads," he said.
He added it was natural for roads to deteriorate in rains. He said roads under NMC were actually not as bad as roads under NIT and PWD. The regular tarring work on the roads would begin only after September 30, he added. Taking cognizance of recent TOI reports, municipal commissionerSanjeev Jaiswal recently directed officials to initiate steps to fill up potholes.
TOI had reported how despite allocating almost Rs 19 crore in NMC budget for maintenance and repair of 60 roads constructed under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP) in 2002, the civic body had failed in maintaining roads in good condition. Even citizens started asking where the good roads of city had gone.
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