Mumbai biker’s death: Minister seeks report, says roads can’t be repaired until heavy rain stops

Maharashtra’s public works minister Chandrakant Patil on Monday said he has sought report on the bad condition of roads

Following the death of a biker fromBandra , Jagruti Hogale, owing to a pothole on the Jawhar-Dahanu highway in Palghar district, Maharashtra’s public works minister Chandrakant Patil on Monday said he has sought a report on the bad condition of roads.

Hogale, a Bandra resident and a biker, was killed on Sunday after she swerved to avoid a pothole on the Jawhar-Dahanu highway and got crushed under the rear wheel of a truck she had overtaken (HT)

He, however, said the pockmarked roads cannot be repaired till the heavy rain stops.

“We completed the maintenance works of all roads before the monsoon. There have been issues on some roads, which have led to accidents,” Patil told the media.

“It is raining heavily in almost all parts of the state. Until the rain stops, repair and maintenance works would not be possible,” he said.

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Hogale, a Bandra resident and a biker, was killed on Sunday after she swerved to avoid a pothole on the Jawhar-Dahanu highway and got crushed under the rear wheel of a truck she had overtaken.

Motorists have been complaining about the bad condition of roads in several parts of Maharashtra, after the first few spells.

Even in Mumbai, the western express highway as well as Sion-Panvel expressway have developed potholes and it is leading the traffic jams.

The state public works department has been facing flak for the same.

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