Pune: The quality of poor road repair is done by the Civic body once again exposed on Wednesday, because the administration hastily tried to repair the hole in the chowk mandir salak after the congress announced to hold a problem.
Repair, instead of praising, attracting commuters and anger locals because of poor work quality.
The civilian staff hurriedly filled the hole with a concrete mixture, but did not pay attention to the quality, the worsening the situation worsened.
Activists claim that restoration work is not in accordance with the Guidelines for the Indian Road Congress (IRS) and the material used for the job “below standard”.
A group of Congress workers found another hole nearby and protested by playing ‘Gilli Danda’ using it.
Prashant Inamdar from the pedestrian first said the approach was unscientific and the use of materials below the standard and inappropriate force the administration to repeatedly repair the same road fillings.
He said, “There is no standard like using a cold mixture or a mixture of heat for repair work followed.
Even the Paver block is used to fill the hole.
Road Tar is being repaired with concrete cement.
On the other hand, the concrete road is developing cracks.
This shows that there is a lack of The scientific approach to repair work.
“Inamdar emphasizes the need for quality inspection of material used for improvement.
“The material must be tested in the laboratory.
Administration must also check whether the contractor is trained to do road work and repairs.
Otherwise, the ongoing repair work will only be a fire exercise and the streets will return to develop a hole.” He said.
Aba Bagul, Congress leader at Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), said that despite spending large money on improving Tender Road, citizenship administration has failed to maintain free roads.
“Repair and restoration works are not in accordance with the sign and also do not fit the standards set.
All the main roads are in sad conditions.
If the contractor should make improvements during the disabled accountability period, why does the Civic body do it? There is a Nexus between officials and contractors that lead to conditions Bad road, “Bagul said.
He said the civil head had to start actions against the officers concerned for failing to check the way to work in accordance with the technical parameters.
Hemant Rasane, Chairman of the Committee, said, “Civic’s body will try to repair the road as soon as possible.
We have planned to finish work in two weeks.” V G Kulkarni, Head of the PMC Road Department, said the Civic government had mobilized cellular road repair units.
“The contractor will be responsible for their work.
They will be directed to do repair work.
Actions will be taken against those who do work below the standard,” he said.
PMC officials said urgent repair work could not be done because of a heavy shower.
“Different materials are used to improve the quality of road repair work during the monsoon.
But there is a limit to make improvements, when heavy rains,” the official said.