Vehicles struggling through potholes(Photo | Express)

Promise of pothole-free Delhi remains unfulfilled

Kejriwal, in a statement, had also shared Public Works Department’s survey report which said that as many as 1,357 potholes and 309 patches were identified to be repaired.

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28 Sep 2024, 3:08 am

NEW DELHI: In the past three years, Arvind Kejriwal must have directed the Public Works Department (PWD) officials to conduct an assessment of the roads in the city on four occasions, however, the promise of making the national capital pothole free remains unfulfilled.

Even after years of various projects being proposed for many of the so-called ‘pain points’ in the city in terms of bad roads, the conditions of many of them remain the same.

It was on October 2, 2021 when the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal directed the PWD officials to make the national capital roads pothole-free in the next 10 days and repair broken patches by October 20 to ensure smooth travel for people.

Kejriwal, in a statement, had also shared Public Works Department’s survey report which said that as many as 1,357 potholes and 309 patches were identified to be repaired.

Following this, the then deputy chief minister and also the Public Works Department minister Manish Sisodia promised in February 2022 that Delhi will be made pothole-free within a month but nothing happened on ground.

Concerned over the pathetic condition of the roads in Delhi yet again, Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Chief Minister Atishi to start the repair work of Delhi roads on a ‘war footing’. After reading out a letter in the Assembly, he handed it over to Chief Minister Atishi.

Kejriwal, in the assembly, alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party wasted a lot of their time. “First Manish Sisodia was arrested and then I was arrested. Before that, a lot of time was wasted during the Corona (COVID-19 pandemic) period. Now we will have to work hard. Everyone will have to go out in their areas at night or early in the morning and inspect the roads. Let’s do an assessment of all the broken Public Works Department roads,” said Kejriwal.