Citizens protest potholes in Ulhasnagar by wearing sari, dancing to draw attention of municipal commissioner
Citizens demanded that citizens especially women face a lot of problems due to potholes on the roads in the city. Despite having a female Commissioner in the city, the condition of the roads is bad, so they demanded that she should get fill the potholes and eliminate the inconvenience to women and city residents. For this, they protested by wearing a sari.
It may be recalled that due to rain this year in Ulhasnagar, many roads in the city, which are made of asphalt, were filled with potholes on a large scale.
Not only this, but there were also potholes on many cement roads. Due to these potholes, common citizens faced problems, especially women in the city.
In view of this, some alert citizens on Friday in Ulhasnagar protested by taking the form of women at various pothole spots in the city with the aim of waking up the Municipal Corporation administration. During this, citizens were seen waking up the administration by singing songs made about potholes.
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Radhakrishna Sathye, who was involved in the protest, said that due to potholes on roads everywhere in the city, apart from common citizens, women, especially pregnant women, faced problems. In such a situation, since women officers occupy all the important posts, including the Commissioner in UMC, there are a lot of expectations from them. So, I took the form of a woman and protested with the aim of making them fill the potholes.
When asked about the issue, Ajay Sable, Public Relation Officer of UMC, said, "Municipal Corporation instructed all the ward officers at the ward level to get fill the potholes, and this time we filled all the big potholes so that no major accident occurs. The work of filling other potholes has also started."
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