Annagiri to Restore roads in Gurgaon
Team Anna members in Gurgaon have resorted to Annagiri to deal with the wanton corruption prevailing in the road contracts in the city.The corruption in the contracts leads to deprecating roads in the city.Though Gurgaon is known for its glittering sky scrapers the roads in the city are however in a sorry state. There are many potholes across the roads in the city. Though at present there is no exact figure of the number of potholes in the city however in a survey in 2009 in Gurgaon, it was found that there are some five hundred fifty potholes in the city.
To see that the matter is sorted out, Team Anna members will mark a protest by embarrassing the road-owing agencies by painting captions around the potholes which will say, “Millennium City Ahead”, “This is HUDA headquarters”, “Aagey Bhrashtachar Hai” (pointing towards the pothole), “Swerve Hole Game”,and “From HUDA with love”. They hope that the protest will highlight the incompetence of the agencies for such shabby condition of the roads.
Members of India Against Corruption (IAC) has planned to gather in front of the Gateway Tower at Shankar Chowk to mark the protest. The protest will commence from 5am on twenty second and twenty third october. The movement is headed by headed by septuagenarian Mr. Subhash Talwar. According to the movement the members will begin encircling the potholes and write captions around it. The protest won’t end until and unless the government take concrete steps to mend the roads.
Source: The Times of India
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