Ganeshotsav 2022: BMC repairs more than 4000 potholes in Mumbai in a single week to make procession routes safe

The civic team is on the field filling the carter to make the Ganpati Mandals procession path free of potholes. The BMC repaired more than 4,000 potholes in the previous week. More than 27,000 potholes have been reported by the city since April 1; of these, the western suburb accounted for 45%.

 

Beginning on August 31, the city will celebrate the 11-day Ganeshotsav holiday. Therefore, the BMC authorities have instructed road workers to patch the potholes on a war footing to ensure the festival runs well. Ulhas Mahale, the deputy municipal commissioner, is personally supervising the job. "Rapidly hardening concrete is used to patch the potholes. In order for traffic to be allowed to use the route in one day, "P. Velarasu, a second municipal commissioner, remarked

 

According to BMC figures, the civic personnel attended to over 27,740 potholes between April 1 and August 26. The western suburb has nearly 9,969 recorded potholes. Andheri and Malad have been noted to have the most potholes. "We've averaged filling 300 to 400 potholes per day over the past 8 to 10 days. We immediately fill the problematic areas with rapidly hardening concrete that is working. The problem of potholes would be resolved after the roads are concreted "the city official claimed.

 

On the Anik-Wadala Road, the BMC has tested four different pothole-filling techniques over the past month. For comparison and effectiveness testing, the potholes were filled with geopolymers, paver blocks, rapid-hardening concrete, and M60 concrete, respectively. By pouring the concrete mixture into the fissures, rapid-hardening concrete that passed the municipal test can be used to patch up significant road cracks. The material must dry for six hours and costs Rs 23,000 per cubic metre, according to the civic official.

 

 

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