Potholes
New Delhi- Public Works Department (PWD) is all set to lay around 500 concrete roads in the city on a move to improve the lifespan of stretches prone to water logging. Najafgarh-Nangloi, Uttam Nagar-Najafgarh and Rama Road near Karol Bagh are among the main stretches of the 500 roads, while rest of them are small [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has transferred the responsibility to maintain the Eastern and Western Express Highways from the state public works department (PWD) to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The decision is considered vital as there has been a piling up of complaints against the current custodian of the two thoroughfare, which are the city’s north-south arteries. [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to categorise all potholes that have been reported as severe, medium and low priority. The prioritisation will depend upon the traffic density of the road on which the pothole is located. BMC officials state that it has decided to do so to ensure potholes on busy roads are filled at [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given a three-day deadline to engineers of the roads departments to inspect the major Ganpati routes in their jurisdiction. The engineers are asked to report all potholes that need to be attended to. They have been asked to report the potholes on the civic body’s website following which the [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is blamed for the potholes in many arterial roads in the city, which is in turn has aggravated the traffic problem in the city. The pothole-ridden arterial roads across the city, particularly in the central business district, particularly in Majestic area, are being identified as the main culprit of the [...] Continue Reading »
In order to tighten its grip over errant contractors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to double the fine imposed on them if they fail to fill potholes in the stipulated time limit of 48 hours. Moreover, the civic body has also announced that five complaints against a contractor will lead to termination of [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) began re-carpeting of Gurgaon city roads after rains had caused waterlogging and potholes on the city roads. The impact of rains on the city roads, including those carpeted a couple of months ago, has been highlighted in the press and the authority has promptly reacted to the matter. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) showed signs of progressive actions as they prepared a development plan with a cost estimate of Rs. 25 crore. The project includes damaged roads, sewers, drains and other and for developing the areas under its jurisdiction the MCG sub-finance committee held an urgent meeting to clear estimates prepared by [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Gurgaon have been repeatedly complaining about the bad road conditions in the city and are apprehensive of the fact that with the coming of monsoons the condition would only get worse. They have alleged that the departments concerned, i.e., the civic bodies, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and Haryana Urban Development Authority [...] Continue Reading »
The condition of Victoria Road in Bangalore city is in pathetic condition causing problem to patients coming to Victoria hospital and to the Majestic-bound motorists from Ulsoor, Viveknagar and other areas. The BBMP authorities, who create a lot of fuss whenever a house owner digs road for water or electricity connection, are not taking any [...] Continue Reading »
