GMDA sets Nov 15 deadline to repair roads damaged in rains

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has set a November 15 deadline to repair cracks, potholes, ravels and ruts on the 250-kilometre road network under its jurisdiction.
Excessive rainfall during this monsoon had wreaked damages on several master roads, officials said. While GMDA initiated repair works from early October, heavy showers during the monsoon withdrawal period led to further damage on some segments.
On Sunday, Jaspal Singh, the chief engineer of the Infrastructure I division of GMDA, told TOI that the authority has stepped up efforts to repair all rain-damaged roads. "We have already started repair work post-monsoon and have now set a deadline of November 15. We seek to complete patchwork and fill up potholes during this period," Singh said.
Potholes, another senior official said, along most of the stretches have been repaired. "But some stretches that were affected again due to heavy rain during the monsoon withdrawal period will have to be repaired once more," the official said. The Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) and the link roads between Hero Honda Chowk and Umang Bhardwaj Chowk, and Hero Honda Chowk and Subhash Chowk, are among the stretches where repair work will be undertaken for the second time, the official added.
In October, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar during a video conference with divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners had directed all road construction agencies to prepare a schedule and ensure all roads damaged during to the rains were repaired by November 30.
Of the approximately 1,200-kilometre road network in the district, around 250 km, including SPR, Mehrauli-Gurugram Road and Netaji Subhash Marg, comes under the GMDA.