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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in

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BMC PROMISES BETTER ROADS BY MAY 20 Allocates Rs.6 crore for preventive maintenance of major roads and Rs.2 crore for minor ones

By Philip Varghese

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ore than a month after the Bombay High Court directed Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) and Additional Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit reports on the progress made towards easing traffic woes and maintenance of roads across the city, the BMC on Thursday informed the court that all the work of roads in the city and suburbs will be completed by May 20. This response by the BMC comes as the division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M.S. Sanklecha was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Bombay Bar Association seeking strict implementation of traffic rules and regulations and proper maintenance of

roads.In the earlier hearing on February 27, the bench had directed the Joint Commissioner to study the problems and submit a report indicating the progress made by the traffic police towards the issue. It had also asked the Additional Municipal Commissioner S.V.R. Srinivas to submit a report by April 7 stating the progress the civic body has made since April last year on road repairs and maintenance. While hearing the petition on Thursday, the BMC submitted a report by Srinivas which stated that Rs.6 crore worth tenders and work orders for preventive maintenance work have been issued for major roads and Rs.2 crore for minor and arterial roads. “156 locations in western suburbs, 63 in eastern suburbs and 179 locations in the city have been identified for

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pre-monsoon repair. The work has started and will be completed by May 20. The civic body has taken up work orders worth Rs.2,700 crore for concretisation of roads,” said the report. Based on these submissions, the bench accepted the report and posted the petition for further hearing in June. In the earlier hearing, the court was also informed by state government advocate A.S. Saluja that digitisation of data concerning registration number of vehicles post-2006 was completed except for information regarding autorickshaws, taxis, trucks and tempos, which are yet to be collected. That process would be completed by May this year. “Earlier, there were 99 CCTV cameras across the city. An additional 118 cameras

Maharashtra votes: Vidarbha records 62.36% By Prashant Hamine

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No, not your ‘popularity’... that indicates your political ‘nuisance value’!

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espite the searing heatwave across the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in theVidarbha region, the overall voting percentage at the end of polling yesterday evening was pegged at 62.36 per cent. Lok Sabha constituencies of Akola, Amravati (SC), Wardha, Ramtek (SC), Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST), Chandrapur and Yavatmal-Washim recorded voting percentage in excess of 60 per cent. Barring a failed attempt by Naxals to snatch Electronic Voting Machines

(EVM) in Gardewada village of Ettappali tehsil in Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) constituency, the polling was peaceful. In 2009, the average polling percentage in these 10 constituencies was 56.07 percent. The slight increase in voter percentage this time around means that the verdict on May 16 could well go either way. For the BJP which was expecting a heavy polling percentage, the news of lower turnout does not augur well. Sources in the Election Continued on pg 9 «

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Attacker arrested Man who attacked girl over one-sided love affair is nabbed from Nalasopara By Suresh Golani

girl in Bhayandar (East), he was arrested by the Navghar wo days after over-ob- police late on Wednesday sessed stalker, Zubin night. It may be recalled that Cooper (25), launched a vioContinued on pg 8 « lent attack on a 24-year-old

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