PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) issued an order directing the city’s road department to mandatorily prepare a weekly report highlighting the status of work on road repairs. Kunal Khemnar, Additional Commissioner, PMC, said that this decision was taken in view of the complaints received about road digging and potholes. The corporation officials will also conduct checks at the ground and compile the report. He said that officials have been asked to mention status of pothole repairs and the quality of material used for repairing in the report.
In addition to the road department, department of water supply and drainage have also been asked to dig up roads and repair them during monsoon and provide inputs on restoration of roads. Kunal said that surprise visits were conducted to identify the areas where potholes were creating major problems. Under the new directives, only 100-metre stretch of a road can be dug up at a time. Until the previously dug up portion of the road is restored, no digging would be allowed.