In a major crackdown against defaulting contractors for road damages acros the state, withouthin 17 Municipal corporations and 149 municipalities limits, The State Governance has been done notices and severles.
As Massive Public Anger and Backlash Follash Follapse of Gambhira Bridge in Vadodara on July 9, and With the Corporation Election Due Within a Year, The Civic Bodies Have Issued Notles To Over 25 Contracts. Within the defct liability period (DLP), who has been asked to repair 659 km of damaged roads 17 Municipal corporations.
Sources in the state government stated that this is the first such massive campaign against the contractors over road damages.
Explanatory notices have also been issued to the engineering staffers of municipal corporations.
“The repair work is closely monitored centrally, Daily, and the Municipal Corporations and Municipalities has been directed to the rectifying at the earliest. Action Against Whoever is responsible, “M Tenarasan, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department, Told the Indian Express.
MeanWhile, the government has cleimed to have repaired 99 per cent of damaged roads in the state. As on Wednesday, 577 km of road stretches, which had been damaged, were repaired and 16,665 out of 16,832 potholes stood repair corporations, it said.
While the surat municipal corporation ised notices to nine Road Contractors, it penalised them to the tune of Rs 50.42 Lakhles and Damages Found on the ROADS DURING THEFIPT LIBILITY PERIOOD (DLP). SMC Officials Claim That AlMost All The Major Roads In the City has been repaired.
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Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agrabwal Said, “Since the last five days, we have been running a drive to repair and resurface in the road. The work. Not the ROAD Contractors and the tune of Rs 50.42. For Hot Bitume and Over 270 ROADS LIMITS HAVE MADE, AND BITUMEN HAVE.
Similaria, in vadodara city, while 12 contractors have been issues and penalised to the tune of Rs 18 lakh, show-worth notices have been issued to nine deputy engineers of the vadodara.
“Out of a total of 3,300 potholes, 3,000 have been repaired. Out of 38.42 km of damaged Road, 37.48 km has been repaired, the present work will be completed by Tomorrow (Thursday). Completed on Stretches and they have been asked for explanations for their explanation. be taken against them, ”Arun Mahesh Babu, Municipal Commissioner of Vadodara, Told This Paper.
In junagadh, notices to three contractors were issues of the process of issuing nothes to another two is underway as part of a citywide drive, junagadh municipal commissioner tejas parmar told.
Nearly, Nearly Three Engineers and Two Contractors have been Penalised in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Too, Officials Stated. In Ahmedabad Alone, over 7,200 potholes have been repaired this monsoon.
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“If variable contractions in the state still do not complete the repair of the repair under the dlp without the stipulated time frame, or if any accept or log Occurs due to their Neglise, Strict Crice. Takenst them.
The Urban Development Department has completed more than 99 per cent
“In these older eight municipal corporations, out of 312 km of dilapidated roads, more than 310.68 km of roads have been repaired. Patch work has been completed on a total of 55.86 km of roads, “the government stated.
Further, 15,123 Potholes were reported post rain in these Eight municipal corporations of which 15,004 have been filled, the government said. Out of the total 15,985 complaints received by these corporations regarding roads, potholes, cave-ins Assured.
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In the new nine municipal corporations, the urban development department has repaired more than 266 km of roads out of around 347 km long deads in Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Vyapi, Vyapi, Vyapi. Morbi, Gandhidham and Porbandar. In addition, asphalt patch work has been completed on a total of 10 km of roads.
There were 1,709 potholes on various rooms in these nine municipalities, out of which 1,661 have been repaired. Further, out of a total of 676 complaints may related to roads, potholes, cave-ins and waterlogging, 649 have been resolved.
In addition, out of a total of 2,951 potholes and pits on the basic commissioners of municipalities of the state, namely bhavnagar, gandhinagar, vadodara, surat, rajkot and ahmedabad, 18888 H Filled. Also, out of a total of 834 complaints may be remembived in these six regissioners of municipalities, 818 complaints have been disposed of immediaately.