MUMBAI: A day after mayor Kishori Pednekar asked the civic body to fill up potholes in 8-10 days, BMC chief Iqbal Chahal ordered his men to carry out pothole-filling works on a war footing over the next two to three weeks. He also issued fresh instructions to engineers on how potholes would be filled.
“Since April, the BMC has filled more than 40,000 potholes, but continuous rain over the la-st few days and increased traffic on roads have led to their resurgence. They should be filled by the ward officials and road dep-artment in the next two to three weeks on priority,” Chahal ordered on Tuesday. Potholes reported should be filled on the same day, he added.
Pointing out that of the city’s 772km of roads, 147km are project roads and 625km under the defect liability period, Chahal said: “The contractor/central agency concerned must fix potholes on these roads and at the ward level, the assistant municipal commissioners should take action. Road engineers should inspect each road in their wards and within a day submit information on the number of potholes and quantity of cold mix required to fill them. The material should be supplied within two days. The engineers should be relieved of all other duties so that they focus on road maintenance for the next one month.”
