Atishi pulls up PWD for laxity, apathy towards dismal condition of roads
Atishi has directed the PWD Principal Secretary with an ultimatum to repair all the potholes in the national capital by the end of this year.
Atishi has directed the PWD Principal Secretary with an ultimatum to repair all the potholes in the national capital by the end of this year.
After chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s assurance for a hassle-free Puja, Kolkata Police are arranging heavy security.
During the inspection, the PWD minister noticed that the existing drainage system on the Bawana-Narela road was inadequate, leading to waterlogging on the road at several locations and causing damage to the road.
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The initiative taken by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to improve the quality of roads and set up new roads under the Rastashree project has received a jolt due to some officers, who started repairing roads during monsoon. This has led to wasteful expenditure worth crores of rupees.
A thorough inspection of these aforementioned roads was conducted by PWD officials to assess their requirements.
In this vein, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam has tabled a proposal to rename all streets and colonies under Delhi Government titled as 'Harijan' after Dr Ambedkar.
For this, Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal inspected the pilot stretch developed from Britannia Chowk to Outer Ring Road today, where he said, “Delhi boasts of very wide roads but they don’t meet international standards of quality. Hence, the Delhi Government is redeveloping more than 500 kms of Delhi’s roads according to European Standards, for which I took stock of the progress of one of the stretches today”
Regarding the same, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reviewed an assessment report of city roads on Monday and approved a project worth Rs 6.10 crores for road development in Rohini. This includes a total of 7.47 kilometres of roads in Rohini.
Inaugurating the mobile cold mixer cum paver machine and the patch fill machine for pothole repairs, he emphasised that proven technology, economic viability, availability of raw material and effective marketing were necessary for successful completion of projects.
