The number of potholes on Thane roads has increased from 1,500 to 2,104 within a fortnight, as per a survey conducted on Tuesday. Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) officials claim only 210 of these potholes are left to be filled. With a budget of over Rs2.25 crore for road repairs by TMC this year; the civic body has managed to fill up 1,804 potholes till now, they said.
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TMC deputy city engineer Arjun Ahire said, “The potholes that we have listed are in roads maintained by TMC, others are being filled by the respective agencies. A letter has been submitted to the agencies to complete repair work on the roads and then hand it over to us for maintenance. However, the procedure for the same has not been completed yet, but we are ensuring that the roads are repaired.”
From among the 2014 potholes across the city, more than 400 potholes each have been found in Vartak Nagar and Diva areas. TMC is filling these potholes using three different technologies. “For the bigger potholes, we are using the ready concrete mix; for those along the drainage we are using the Water bound macadam (mixture of crushed stones, brick aggregate, filling material and water) method and near the metro work, paver blocks are being used to fill the potholes. The current dry spell in the city has made it easier to fill the potholes,” added Ahire.