Potholes fixed hours before PM’s visit

THE POTHOLE-RIDDLED ROADS AT SECTOR 7, 20, 25 AND 30 IN KHARGHAR HAVE BEEN REPAIRED WITHIN A FEW HOURS

NAVIMUMBAI: Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kharghar on Wednesday, the major roads leading to the venue were repaired.

The residents of Kharghar have been complaining about bad roads for a long time but no effort had been taken to repair potholes.

Ramesh Giri, executive engineer, City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), said, “The road repair work has been going on in Kharghar. We repairedroadsasmanywouldbe coming for the PM’s rally.”

The pothole-riddled roads at Sector 7, 20, 25 and 30 in Kharghar have been repaired within a few hours.

“The entire road was full of potholes when I passed through the stretch on Tuesday but there are no potholes. All of a sudden, the authorities have become efficient and repaired most potholes,” said Ravindra Pal, 40, a Kharghar resident.

Asmostoftheroadshavebeen levelled, residents are happy with the VIP visit.

“We had approached Cidco many times and had asked them to fix the damaged roads which have been leading to minor accidentseveryday. But, theyconveniently said it would be done later. But because of a VIP visit, work has been completed overnight,” said Suman Raje, 46, a Kharghar resident.

Officials have been doing quick-fix work and filling most potholes with tar.

“There are no roads in Kharghar which have not developed potholes. Thanks to PM’s visit, we at least have better roads,” said Gurav Joshi, 35, a Sector 20 resident.

Residents’ association of Kharghar has written to Cidco many times to fix potholes.