Pune: Evening rains have lashed the city over the last few days with potholes reappearing to haunt residents of the NIBM area — including the NIBM Annexe Road, Wanowrie and Salunke Vihar Road. Recently, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) claimed that around 3,000 potholes had been filled across the city. However, citizens countered the statement and said they had not noticed any change in the condition of roads .
Rishi Sharma, a resident of Rose Parade Housing Society off Salunke Vihar Road, told TOI that potholes appeared months ago and nothing was done. “I haven’t ever seen PMC staffers fixing potholes. Now, with the rains, one can only pray that accident don’t happen.
Also, covers of stormwater drains are uneven and could lead to major mishaps,” he said. Dattatraya Patke, who lives along the Bapusaheb Kedari Marg, said, “Why does PMC lie? We haven’t seen anyone filling potholes and the road’s condition has only deteriorated. The entire stretch till the Kedari petrol pump is filled with potholes and our lives are at risk.
” Last week, PMC’s road department head Aniruddha Pawaskar told TOI via WhatsApp that many potholes had been fixed. “As many as 2,742 potholes have been filled and 387 patches created to level roads. Smaller roads are being tended to.
We can’t say for certain how many more potholes there are. We will fix them as they appear,” he said. At NIBM Annexe Road, it is a bumpy ride on the SM Ghule Patil Road till the Raheja Circle.
The stretch had improved after PMC acted following several complaints, but is back to its normal broken condition and potholes have reappeared. On August 5, TOI had highlighted the aforementioned issue after which PMC initiated action. “Even arterial roads in the area are a mess due to the flow of sewage water and potholes.
,” said Jaymala Dhankikar, a resident of the Ganga Kingston Housing Society. Junior engineer of PMC road department Gautam Gavand said one stretch of the under-construction concrete road from Raheja Circle towards Cloud 9 was expected to be ready by August end. “We will then start work on the other side of the road and ready it in two months.
,” Gavand told TOI. We also published the following articles recently Ulhasnagar civic body to use asphalt to fill potholes on city roads Ulhasnagar faced deteriorating road conditions due to relentless rains, leading the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to initiate pothole repairs using advanced asphalt technology. Municipal Commissioner Aziz Sheikh oversaw the operations.
The UMC aims to complete repairs before Ganesh Festival, funded by Rs. 4 crores from Mahanagar Gas and Rs. 2 crores from Jio Cable line diggings.
Potholed roads: CM Pramod Sawant orders action against 100 contractors CM Pramod Sawant placed the responsibility on contractors and engineers for repairing Goa's pothole-ridden roads, issuing show cause notices to over 100 contractors and PWD engineers. He warned of strict accountability for accidents caused by potholes and aimed to make all roads pothole-free before Ganesh Chaturthi. An integrated road management system will start in October.
Fill potholes by Aug 31: GR to PWD engineers The state public works department mandated engineers to inspect 200km of roads every two to three days and repair potholes by early September. Disciplinary action was warned for non-compliance. A new app, PCRS, was introduced for citizens to report issues.
Repairs are covered under annual maintenance contracts, avoiding public ire post-monsoon..
