Potholes dent hole in Rajkot’s Smart City claim

Rajkot: As if the daily traffic snarls due to underconstruction bridges were not a torture enough, potholes on majority of the roads in Rajkot city after heavy rain has only left commuters fuming.
Sensing massive resentment among people, the municipal commissioner Amit Arora personally visited the spots where huge potholes were created. He instructed the officials to complete the patchwork as early as possible. Main roads and junctions like Madhapar crossroads, New Ring Road, 150 foot Ring Road and others have been washed away due to incessant rain.
Arora visited the New Ring Road, Gangotri Main Road and several others in the west zone. As the rain continues, RMC has no option but to do the patchwork using moram (construction sand) and metal only.
Arora told TOI, “We are doing patchwork on the roads which are 10 years old. On the other roads, we are holding contractors responsible and asking them to repair.”
RMC has asked its staff to monitor around 900 cameras installed under the eye-way project to find the potholes. The cameras helped identify 123 potholes which are now being repaired.