Pune: The civic body has decided to continue with road repair work despite postponement of Prime Minister's visit to the city. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had started a special drive to repair roads ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pune. The administration has carried out repairs on Tilak Road, Nagar Road, and other places.
A PMC official said that heavy showers in the last couple of days have again damaged roads. So, the administration would continue with the repair work, he said. The PM was scheduled to visit the city to inaugurate the underground Metro stretch to Swargate on September 26.
The road department had faced criticism over poor condition of roads during President Droupadi Murmu's visit to the city in the first week of September. The Pune city police wrote to PMC authorities to fix the roads for the PM's visit after they received negative feedback from the President of India's office staff that Murmu's convoy passed slowly due to poor roads and potholes. A PMC official said that Airport Road, Tilak Road, roads around Swargate, Civil Court, University Road, and Senapati Bapat Road were repaired ahead of PM's visit.
As per civic officials, the administration had faced a number of issues, like non-availability of repair materials, while carrying out road repairs in the last couple of months. The existing hot mix plant at Yerawada administration was not functioning properly, but the issue has been resolved now. "PMC has started the hot mix plant.
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