Delhi PWD To Repair Potholes By Friday, Assures CM Arvind Kejriwal

50 MLAs had inspected a stretch of 50 kilometres each in their respective constituencies and had given the data to the PWD

Image: ANI

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said 232 potholes spotted by the MLAs on city roads under the PWD will be repaired by Friday. He said 50 MLAs had inspected a stretch of 50 kilometres each in their respective constituencies and had given the data to the Public Works Department. The Chief Minister was talking to journalists at a press conference organised here. “Around 50 MLAs had recently inspected 1,260 kilometres of PWD roads in the city. All of the 232 potholes found from the inspection will be repaired by tomorrow. 283 patches of broken roads were also found, which will be repaired by October 31 and 272 uneven patches of roads discovered will be resurfaced by November 30,” said the Chief Minister. He said that there are 392 spots where construction work by various agencies is in progress. “I have called a meeting of all the concerned departments and agencies on October 23, and the deadline for completion of construction work will be given to them in the meeting. There are also some spots where the construction work has been completed, but the roads have not been repaired yet due to a lack of coordination between different agencies. We will ensure that the restoration of roads is done at a faster pace and construction deadlines are given to all the agencies,” Kejriwal said. Kejriwal had prepared a plan to free Delhi's roads from potholes. On October 5, a team of MLAs accompanied by officers started inspecting the roads under the jurisdiction of the PWD. The team consisted of a PWD engineer with one MLA. When the officials told the Chief Minister about the delay in the work caused by other departments, he said that he would sit with officials of all the departments to find a solution. Kejriwal said: “Any road damaged due to the construction work carried out by other departments of the Delhi government should be rectified at the earliest and I will intervene in cases where the No Objection Certificate is pending.”