potholes

Mumbai potholes are constantly raising concerns, especially during the monsoon and rainy season. Reports of thousands of potholes coming up on Mumbai’s roads has become an annual situation during monsoon for the past several years. Every year, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) spends hundreds of crores on filling up these potholes. This May, it allocated ₹250 crores for only filling up potholes and started the work.

In just one month, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) repaired over 15,000 potholes.  On August 14, the BMC said, 22,988 road craters have been filled, especially in Andheri West, which remained the most affected by potholes.  Due to the monsoon weather, Mumbai roads were filled with potholes, causing water logging areas.  The work has been done with the tender of Rs 7 crores, for better roads, ahead of the Civic elections.

In Uttar Pradesh, a portion of the Bundelkhand expressway developed deep potholes due to heavy rains. The pictures show potholes due to rains in the newly inaugurated Bundelkhand expressway.  Notably, a week ahead, PM  Narendra Modi inaugurated the 296-km-long road. The Expressway authority official Durgesh Upadhayay confirmed the damages, saying the portion of the road developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep potholes due to rains at Chiriya… read-more