Respite from bumpy ride in Chandigarh after monsoon

The city roads battered by rains are all set to get a new look as the MC Engineering Department has floated a Rs 41-crore tenders for recarpeting.

Sources said the tenders had been floated for the V-4, V-5 and V-6 roads. The maintenance of V-3, V-4, V-5, V-6 and the roads of village stretches fall under the MC jurisdiction.

The V3 roads, with a total length of 275 km, are sector-dividing stretches, which were recently transferred to the Chandigarh Administration due to the fund crisis in the civic body. The other roads left with the MC are in poor shape as repairs have not been carried out for a long time. The V-4 roads divide a sector and have shopping areas and other conveniences alongside.

The V-5 and V-6 roads are located in front of markets and residential areas, respectively.

An internal survey conducted by the MC has found that at least 60 roads are in a “very poor” condition. These have not been recarpeted for more than five years. In a majority of the cases, the roads were last recarpeted six to eight years ago.

Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla said Rs 125 crore received recently will be utilised for road recarpeting and other development works

The work on the V-3, which have been transferred to the administration, will start after the monsoon is over.

The tenders have been floated for V-6 roads in Sector 20-D, 27-D, 29-A, 29-B, 29-D, 30-B and parking of Sector 29-C and D, and Sector 30. Roads in Sector 25, Dadumajra Colony, Sector 45, Mauli Jagran and Vikas Nagar, Malaya Colony, Amon Chaman, Milk Colony and others will also be repaired under the tender.

Roads closed for repairs

Chandigarh: The re-carpeting work of V-3 road (Jan Marg) between Sector 52 and 53 (from Junction 58 to UT boundary) will be undertaken from September 16 to 19 by the Engineering Department. During the execution of this work, one side of the road will remain closed. Similarly, patch work on the V-3 road between Sector 32 and 33 (Sarovar Path) and between Sector 48 and 49 will be carried out from September 16 to 18. One side of the road will remain closed during this period. — TNS