Ahmedabad civic body’s stern warning to contractors

AHMEDABAD: A stern warning to the road contractors to ensure durable roadworks was send out by Ahmedabad municipal commissioner after he reviewed all road works and checked for quality this week. This year till September 15, 83.7km, approximately 2.34 lakh square metres of road area had been repaired with patchworks. That’s close to the distance between Ahmedabad and Vadodara on the Expressway.
This year too the East Zone of the city invited maximum road patchworks mainly due to heavy traffic movement. This year some 31.7km of road length was repaired. “September has always been a tumultuous month when it comes to road repairs. This year, we had excess rain when compared to last years. Many roads required minor patchworking and repairs,” claims a senior AMC official.

The average size of worn-out patches on the city’s roads was 9.9 sq m. The posh North West Zone witnessed the third highest length of road repairs after West Zone which saw over 17km long road repairs. The West Zone consists of areas like Navrangpura, Naranpura, Paldi, Vadaj and Sabarmati. These areas also witnessed the second highest number of patchwork.
Sabarmati area has been problematic because of the metro rail corridor. “A portion of the road near Motera stadium diversion has been turned concrete,” adds the AMC official. The data suggests that damage has occurred in North West Zone areas of Ghatlodia, Thaltej, Gota, Bodakdev, and Chandkheda. Though the zone had only 1,577 patches, the size of all these patches put together was 27,713 sq m.
When compared to last year, more road patchworks was undertaken this year. “Heavy showers was one of the reasons. Close to 24,000 patchworks has been accomplished till mid-September,” adds the AMC official.