Adc 3 sept 2013

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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in

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POTHOLES IN COURT TODAY After having made excuses during their last court appearance, heads of BMC, TMC, NMMC, MMRDA, MSRDC, MbPT, PWD, UDD will have to submit some really concrete plans today

By Philip Varghese

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wo weeks after Bombay High Court directed the civic corporations of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Vasai Virar and Mira Bhayandar to come up with an action plan to tackle the menace of potholes after observing that the problem was because of lack of coordination between the agencies concerned with construction, maintaining and repairing roads, the civic bodies will today submit their reports on their plans of action in the matter. The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice MS Sanklecha, in its last hearing of a suo moto PIL, had raised concerns over the poor condition of roads in the state and the recent incidents of bikers losing their lives on pothole-ridden roads. The court had taken up the matter after sitting judge, Justice Gautam Patel, wrote a letter to Justice Shah drawing his attention to the pathetic road conditions. Municipal commissioners of Mumbai (Sitaram Kunte), Thane (Aseem Gupta) and Navi Mumbai (Abasaheb Jarhad), besides officials of MMRDA, MSRDC, Mumbai Port Trust, PWD, Urban Development and the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra JK Banthia were present in court during the last hearing. The civic chiefs put the blame on constant digging by utility agencies and water-logging caused by rains. Sitaram Kunte had told the HC that repeated digging by various utility

Sitaram Kunte, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai agencies and lack of co-ordination between utility agencies was the major problem. Also, that there is no utility mapping. On an average, of

the total 1,900 km of roads in the city, 400-450 km is dug up by the utilities every year. The BMC has plans to do utility mapping to handle this, said Kunte. The judges had said that while paperwork was good, the results were not visible on the roads. Suggesting the authorities to learn from foreign countries, the court said, “How do foreign countries manage this problem? In a city like Mumbai where prices are so high, people cannot afford to stay in South Mumbai where their offices are located and hence have to travel a lot. Travelling becomes worse on such roads.�

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