40 roads to be recarpeted

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 18

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has identified 40 roads that will be recarpeted from Rs 15-crore fund received from the UT Administration.

Sources said the roads were identified on the directions of MC Commissioner KK Yadav. He wanted that the roads should be identified on the basis of their condition without leaving any chance of pick-and-choose. Recarpeting of these roads was pending for the past two to three years.

The roads that have been identified are in worst condition and were not repaired since long. Recarpeting of some of the roads also stopped due to the paucity of funds. The Administration released a sum of Rs 15 crore with a rider that the amount should only be used on recarpeting of roads.

The special fund was released after the Municipal Corporation expressed it helplessness in recarpeting roads due to the paucity of funds.

The roads that will be recarpeted include V6 road in Sector 40-B, V5 road in Sector 34 opposite Piccadilly, V4 road in Sector 45-A and B, V6 road in Sector 38D, V6 road in Sector 55 and 56, V6 roads in Sector 41-C and 42-A, V6 road in Sector 43-A and B, Phirni road in Buterla village, Badheri and Attawa, Phirni road in Kajheri village, V6 road in Sector 38, V4 road in Sector 23, V6 road in Milk Colony, Dhanas, V6 road in Sector 36-B and C, V6 road in Sector 23C and D, V5 road in Dadu Majra colony, V3 road between Sector 8/5 and 9/4, V3 road between Sector 16/19, 18/21 and 18/20, V6 road in Sector 23A and B, parking of Sector 38, V5 road in Sector 38, V4 road in Sector 36, V4 road in Sector 10 and parking, V4 road in Sector 9-A, V5 road in Sector 23, internal roads in Mauli Complex, internal road in More Gate, Samadhi gate and main bazaar Mani Majra, V6 road in Sector 46-D, parking of Sector 20-C and D, idle truck parking, V5 road in Sector 29, V6 road in Sector 29-A, parking of Sector 27, parking of Sector 28, V5 road in Sector 20, NAC parking, V6 road in Sector 30 and parking of Sector 30-C and D.

Patchwork of roads with plastic mix begins

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has started the patchwork of roads with plastic mix in Sector 10-A and D here on Friday. The B&R wing of the MC started the patchwork with the plastic generated from the city and collected from rag-pickers. After shredding, the plastic waste is mixed with VG-10 bitumen, crushed aggregate and stone dust. This bituminous material is then used for filling up potholes on roads. The MC will now use plastic for patchwork throughout the city.