60 to 70 per cent of ongoing road works have been completed: TMC chief

In order to ensure potholefree roads during monsoon the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC on Friday said that 60 to 70 per cent of the ongoing road works have been completedThane Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said that road works are going on at various places in ThaneCurrently 60 to 70 percent of the ongoing works have been completed to provide good quality and potholefree roads to the citizens he addedThe TMC chief has given instructions to the executive engineers that the road works should be completed on war footing so that the rest of the works will be completed before monsoonThe Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar recently held a meeting to review the ongoing road works within the TMC limitsAlso Read Thane Municipal Corporation to revamp public toilets in the city Commissioner Abhijit BangarDuring the meeting Bangar instructed civic officials to ensure that the road works are done in a quality mannerThe main roads in the city should be planned in such a way that these works are completed promptly all the executive engineers should periodically check the quality of the ongoing works and give instructions to the relevant contractors to ensure that quality roads are prepared While doing road works culvert joint filling lane marking and zebra crossing should also be completed The bills of the contractors have been paid so the excuse that the bills have not been paid will not work and also a warning that if the works of the newly constructed roads are damaged it will not be tolerated he saidHe further said that many roads have been closed to traffic and traffic has been diverted to alternative routes due to the ongoing works Due to this the citizens are facing inconvenience Efforts should be made on a war footing so that all the works are completed as soon as possible Bangar told civic officialsAs per the TMC the Maharashtra government has sanctioned a total of Rs 605 crore to the Thane Municipal Corporation for road repair and upgradation Under this currently 282 road works are presently going onPicking up road debris placing signboardsThe TMC chief instructed civic officials to immediately clear the debris lying on the road while carrying out road works Place the signboards in a manner visible to the public where the road works are going on so that it shows a good effect Bangar saidTake note of citizens complaintsCitizens are complaining about roads on social media If citizens complain about road works take immediate notice of it and take remedial measures Bangar said