A day after ordering for repairs of potholes and roads in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday inspected the Thane-Nashik Highway. Pics/CMO
09 August,2024 02:04 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Several motorists in city are complaining of potholes in Mumbai as rains continue to lash city. The SV road in Santacruz is among the busy roads in city to be affected with multiple potholes. Pics/Atul Kamble
19 July,2024 06:26 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
As the city was lashed with heavy rainfall thorughout the month, potholes appeared on several roads in Mumbai. Pics/ Shadab Khan
14 July,2024 08:57 PM IST | Mumbai | Jasmeen Shaikh
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is undertaking regular maintenance and repair of the city roads to ensure pothole-free roads in the city by using the 'geopolymer' technology for the roads, an official statement said on Tuesday. Pics/BMC
25 June,2024 08:55 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The second spell of heavy rain that started last week has washed away all the tall claims the BMC has been making about Mumbai’s roads becoming pothole-free in two years. Many of the city and suburbs’ roads are riddled with craters that appear regularly year after year, angering citizens. Though most of the arterial roads have been converted into cement concrete ones now and they are in better shape, patches of asphalt on these roads have also created potholes that hinder the speed of vehicles.
25 July,2023 10:18 AM IST | Editor
Mid-Day story creates an impact Impact as two days after reports of potholes on Thane East Kopri Bridge were reported, the potholes were filled by the authorities. Mid-day had reported that Thane’s Kopri rail overbridge (ROB) was yet another newly opened bridge to wither within a few months of use, exposing more shoddy work in the state. Inaugurated by the CM in February, the cement concrete portion of the bridge developed cracks and potholes. The MMRDA said this stretch was built by Central Railway. All pictures: Sameer Markande
12 July,2023 10:21 AM IST | Editor
Three weeks ago, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had announced that all wards would repair bad patches and potholes on roads that are less than 9-metre in width within their jurisdiction. However, ward officers claim the civic authorities have been tight-lipped about the issue since and haven’t sent any written instructions despite the monsoon being just around the corner. Corporators allege that this is to maintain secrecy on new road contracts being awarded as contractors refused to undertake repair work. Prajakta Kasale writes
08 June,2023 10:06 AM IST | Editor
With rains lashing parts of Mumbai, the city's residents are back to dealing with the annual headache of potholes. As heavy rain lashed the city, potholes were seen near Chembur.
22 August,2022 04:43 PM IST
On Tuesday, the members of Republican Party of India (RPI) took to street against the pothole menace in the city. They were seen shouting slogans against the civic authority near Chhagan Mitha petrol pump in Chembur. Recently, BMC had launched a mission to convert the asphalt roads in the city into cement-concrete ones in a bid to rid them of potholes. Pic/Shadab khan, PTI, Satej Shinde
19 July,2022 03:22 PM IST
After receiving a stern message from Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) workers got to work to repair the roads and filling of potholes across the city amidst the monsoon season. Thackeray issued the warning after reviewing the condition of roads across the state. BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal has given officials three to four weeks’ time to make all roads pothole-free. Pics/Satej Shinde
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