AHMEDABAD: It turns out that voters' pained cries about potholes — which have caused grave accidents and deadly accidents — do not move government. What spurs officers into action is a VVIP seek advice from. On Monday, deputy leader minister Nitin Patel introduced a Rs 75 crore dole for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to speed up road maintenance, 10 days ahead of the seek advice from of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.
The only other time when the state had intervened in this manner used to be in September 2014, when the Gujarat govt supplied Rs 130 crore two weeks ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping's seek advice from. The 2d lot of these funds, almost Rs 85 crore, got here in November, ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat and Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas summits in January 2015.
Now that the coffers are flush with funds, one of the crucial latest road-repair gadgetry used to be spotted on Tuesday. These included the Jetpatchers, which might be running time beyond regulation on VIP routes. These particular machines repair potholes and dangerous patches in 10 to 15 mins. TOI spotted one Jetptacher out of doors a 5-star hotel in Vastrapur the place the Japanese delegation will stay.
In other portions of the city, asphalt mud and loose bitumen have been being spread by way of labourers for transient relief. But in many other portions of the city, no really extensive maintenance were performed. These spaces come with the Anjali-Vasna stretch, Anupam Road, Commerce Crossroads, the Danilimda-Chandranagar stretch, Gurukul Road, Helmet Crossroads, Jivraj Mehta health facility Crossroads, the Rani of Jhansi to Nehrunagar stretch, the Shyamal-Prahladnagar stretch, Shivaranjani Crossroads, and Makarba Corporate Road. The condition of the Ashram Road to Income Tax stretch has forced state delivery buses to ply on the Sabarmati riverfront Road.
"The state government had supported the AMC with some funds in 2015 and last year," said a senior AMC authentic. "This year there were 4,500 potholes, and 202km of the road network suffered heavy damage. It would have been a huge finanical burden for the AMC as 184km of the network is not within the warranty period."
The only other time when the state had intervened in this manner used to be in September 2014, when the Gujarat govt supplied Rs 130 crore two weeks ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping's seek advice from. The 2d lot of these funds, almost Rs 85 crore, got here in November, ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat and Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas summits in January 2015.
Now that the coffers are flush with funds, one of the crucial latest road-repair gadgetry used to be spotted on Tuesday. These included the Jetpatchers, which might be running time beyond regulation on VIP routes. These particular machines repair potholes and dangerous patches in 10 to 15 mins. TOI spotted one Jetptacher out of doors a 5-star hotel in Vastrapur the place the Japanese delegation will stay.
In other portions of the city, asphalt mud and loose bitumen have been being spread by way of labourers for transient relief. But in many other portions of the city, no really extensive maintenance were performed. These spaces come with the Anjali-Vasna stretch, Anupam Road, Commerce Crossroads, the Danilimda-Chandranagar stretch, Gurukul Road, Helmet Crossroads, Jivraj Mehta health facility Crossroads, the Rani of Jhansi to Nehrunagar stretch, the Shyamal-Prahladnagar stretch, Shivaranjani Crossroads, and Makarba Corporate Road. The condition of the Ashram Road to Income Tax stretch has forced state delivery buses to ply on the Sabarmati riverfront Road.
"The state government had supported the AMC with some funds in 2015 and last year," said a senior AMC authentic. "This year there were 4,500 potholes, and 202km of the road network suffered heavy damage. It would have been a huge finanical burden for the AMC as 184km of the network is not within the warranty period."
Sayonara to bad roads, only for Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
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