26 junior engineers with Pimpri Chinchwad civic body issued notices for delay in pothole repairs

Time of India

3 days ago

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has issued show cause notices to 19 junior engineers for failing to address pothole complaints within the stipulated time and another seven junior engineers for not adhering to the standard operating procedure, civic officials told TOI on Friday.
Under the SOP for the 'PCMC Pothole Management' application that was launched last month, junior engineers are required to repair the reported potholes within eight days and upload photos of the completed work in the system, which are visible to the complainants.
Makarand Nikam, city engineer with PCMC, said, "The junior engineers were expected to regularly check complaints received via the application and repair the potholes in time, but many of them failed.
Some did not follow SOP; hence we have served show cause notices on them."
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The civic body has been criticised for the increasing number of pothole-related complaints and the poor condition of roads. As per the available data, as many as 1,875 potholes had been identified or reported to PCMC till July 7, of which 1,464 have already been filled, while work on the remaining ones is under way.
The data indicates that the highest number of complaints have been reported from E ward, which includes areas such as Moshi, Charholi, and parts of Bhosari.
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Sanjeevan Sangle, president of Chikhali Moshi Pimpri Chinchwad Cooperative Housing Society Federation, said, "The condition of several roads like the one connecting Chikhali to Nevale Vasti is worst. The contractors have used poor quality materials and people are left to suffer.
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The state of Bhujbal Chowk-Vishal Nagar BRT road has worsened and the civic authorities do not seem to be serious about doing repair works, said a resident of Wakad.
PCMC officials said the pothole count was higher this year as pre-monsoon repair work was hampered by the early arrival of rain. "Every year, the target is set to fill all identified potholes before May 31, but the schedule was disturbed this time," an official said, adding that they are fixing all the reported potholes on priority to avoid inconvenience to people.
The civic body has written to the Pune Metro authorities following several complaints about the poor condition of the service road along the old Pune-Mumbai highway between Nigdi and Chinchwad railway station, where work for the extension of the Metro line from the PCMC Metro station to Nigdi is currently on.
Bapusaheb Gaikwad, joint city engineer, said the service road has been handed over to the Metro authorities for the duration of their construction work, and they are responsible for its upkeep.
"The stretch from Tilak Chowk to Khandoba Mal Chowk as well as the segment between Kalbhor Nagar subway and Chinchwad Station are in an extremely poor condition. We have informed Metro officials that PCMC has received several complaints from residents and they must carry out urgent repairs," Gaikwad said, adding resident groups and political parties have threatened to launch a protest if repairs are not undertaken promptly.
Hemant Sonawane, executive director (administration and public relations) at Maha Metro, told TOI, "We have received the letter from PCMC and we will carry out the repair work."