MUSSOORIE: With heavy rains since July, several roads in Mussoorie, including the Mall road, have developed deep potholes posing serious risks to motorists and pedestrians.
According to residents, apart from the Mall road, the other affected roads are Kincraig to Masonic Lodge, Kincraig to Zero point, Harnam Singh road, Motilal Nehru road and Picture Palace to Landour road.
To add to motorists’ woes, heavy rains recently caused a massive landslide on the Mussoorie-Dehradun road near Galogi power house. Even on Saturday, long queues of vehicles could be seen on both sides of the landslide site causing hardships to local residents as well as weekend tourists.
“There are deep potholes on the roads all across the town posing grave risks, particularly for two-wheelers. I narrowly escaped getting injured on the road between Masonic Lodge and Picture Palace,” said Jagjeet Kukreja, secretary of Mussoorie traders’ association.
“The road of Landour market was recently repaired but had developed potholes and there is a lot of water accumulation due to the rains,” said Raghav Bijalwan, a resident.
Residents also claimed that frequent digging up to lay water pipelines and cables has caused a lot of damage to the roads. Debris accumulated on the roads cause two-wheelers and even pedestrians to slip.
The residents added that authorities must initiate repair work on roads on priority before any major accident occurs.
Assistant engineer of Public Works Department (PWD) Pankaj Aggarwal when queried about the issue, told TOI that the potholes would be filled up on priority while permanent repairs would be taken up once the rains abate.
