Before the Big Festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023, the Mumbai Civic Body will repair potholes
The Mumbai Municipal Corporation is prepared to launch a campaign to repair potholes on a number of major and small roads, days after the Bombay High Court fined the municipal organization. The action was taken after Ganesh Chaturthi. During the event, the roads that will be repaired often see a large inflow of worshippers and automobiles.
According to a source, BMC representatives said that a plan of the route—through which organizers conduct processions during arrival and immersion ceremonies—would be created, and that the pothole repair task would thereafter be undertaken on a war footing.
According to the report, BMC issued a Rs 36-crore procurement in July of this year to repair potholes around Mumbai. The additional municipal commissioner (Projects), P Velrasu, was further reported by the IE as adding that no new money have been provided for the initiative and that the whole pothole filling job would be completed in accordance with the most recent work order that BMC has granted for fixing the potholes on Mumbai roads.
According to the newspaper, Mandals around the city will begin bringing in idols on September 10 in preparation for the 10-day celebration, which this year starts on September 19.
The civic leaders of Mumbai and five other municipal corporations were called before the Bombay high court earlier this month for disobeying its orders to maintain roads and sidewalks free of potholes.
No action will be done, according to the HC, until high officials are held personally accountable. The chiefs of the Thane Municipal Corporation, Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, and Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation were also compelled to appear before the court in addition to the commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The court said that while it has been five years, it seems that the civic organizations have not taken the necessary steps to guarantee that the directives are strictly followed.
“We require the presence of the BMC Commissioner and the commissioners of the other municipal corporations to explain as to why they should not be made liable for disobedience and non-compliance of court orders,” the bench had said.
