All potholed Faridabad roads to be made motorable by November 15

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, September 25

All roads lying battered and rendered unmotorable due to downpour during monsoon in the city are expected to be fully repaired by November 15.

Announcing this, a senior official of the Faridabad Municipal Corporation (MC) said the groundwork regarding the preparation of the report of the damaged roads and patches had already been started. “All five subdivisions of the engineering branch of the civic body are expected to submit the reports soon on the basis of which, the tenders will be released.”

He said the road repair project was the top priority of the Municipal Corporation.

“The officials concerned have been directed to provide the details, including revealing the degree of damage suffered and what type of repairs are required, so that the roads can be made motorable in minimum time and before the set deadline,” said Ram ji Lal, Chief Engineer, MC.

The deadline for repairing all city roads by November 15 was decided in a meeting held recently, which was chaired by MC Commissioner Yashpal Yadav.

The city has a total of about 1500-km length of roads, which are maintained by the Municipal Corporation.

Oct 15 deadline to repair drains

• The Faridabad MC has directed the departments concerned to repair the drains and sewer lines by October 15 and make these fully functional within the next three months
• The officials have also been asked to fix the disposal pumps and tubewells in the given deadline, besides ensuring to curb the misuse of the pump premises for residential or parking purposes illegally