Potholes on Karnal roads inconvenience residents

Tribune News Service

Karnal, June 18

Residents of various areas of the city are inconvenienced due to the poor condition of roads. A couple of newly constructed roads have been damaged due to the poor quality of material and work done. Their surfaces have been washed out making it difficult for commuters to move around on these roads.

As per the information gathered by The Tribune, the Karnal Municipal Corporation (MC) got a stretch of around 2-km constructed on Raghunath Mandir and Bhagwadia Gas Agency road for around Rs 27 lakh in December 2019, but now, it is full of potholes.

The road was constructed a few months ago, but now, it has become an accident prone road, said Amit Ahuja, president, Ibrahim Mandi Association.

Ward13 councillor Ish Gulati maintained that it was the result of the poor work done due to which the main road, constructed around 17months ago had become full of potholes.

Similarly, a stretch of around 2km on the Daha-Madanpur road, 1,200 meters of Gaushala road, 700 meters of New Valmiki Basati, 250meters in Shakti Colony, a link road of 700 meters from bus stand to Kunjpura road market, Ansal to Gopi Wali Gamdi road, a road in Janakpuri and other roads of the city are in bad shape. Rajni Parocha, councillor of ward16, said she had raised the issue of construction of roads in her ward. The commuters have been having a tough time.

Besides, roads of the villages, included in the Karnal MC, are also crying for attention. Either it is Baldi, Uchani, or other villages, the roads are full of potholes. Naveen Kumar, Deputy Mayor, said the roads in the villages of the Karnal MC were dug up to lay pipelines, but not repaired, due to which the residents of his ward were facing problem.

Renu Bala Gupta, Mayor, claimed that people and councillors had raised the issue of roads which were in pathetic condition with her and it would be raised at the house meeting.

Dr Manoj Kumar, Commissioner, Karnal Municipal Corporation said he would get the condition of roads checked. “If these roads are in maintenance period, these will be repaired by the agency concerned,” he added.