Over 8,500 potholes in Ahmedabad: Monsoon strain highlights need for long-term road resilience
A total of eight road breakdowns were reported across four zones of the city.
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Deputy Municipal Commissioner Mirant Parikh blamed old drainage lines, excavation work, and engineering issues in bitumen roads for the potholes and road damages in Ahmedabad. (File Photo)Ahmedabad has reported over 8,500 potholes on its city roads in the last one month — one-fourth of them being in the West Zone and over 400 on its bridges — as per data accessed by The Indian Express.
According to data from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC’s) Monsoon Control Room compiled from May 5 till July 9, complaints were received from all the zones in the city, with potholes forming the bulk of the issues.
The West Zone emerged as one of the worst-hit areas, covering localities such as Paldi, Stadium, Chandkheda, Navrangpura, Naranpura, Vasna, Ranip, and Sabarmati. This zone alone accounted for over 2,000 potholes, followed by the South Zone with 1,761 that includes Maninagar, Behrampura, Dani-limda, Indrapuri, Khokhra, Isanpur, Lambha and Vatva.
A total of eight road breakdowns were reported across four zones of the city — East, North-West, South, and West. While potholes are a relatively common issue faced during the monsoon, breakdowns indicate deeper structural concerns that may be linked to factors like prolonged water seepage, ageing underground utility lines, or weakening of the road foundation.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Mirant Parikh blamed old drainage lines, excavation work, and engineering issues in bitumen roads for the potholes and road damages in Ahmedabad. He also said that the AMC had prepared for the monsoon by keeping different types of road repair materials, like hot mix, cold mix, and wet mix, ready. He added that there is also enough labour and material available to carry out the necessary repair work.
The AMC took up the work of resurfacing of some roads on a war footing in Ghatlodia, Bodakdev, Thaltej, Judges Bungalow road, Sardarnagar where the roads lead to the airport, Naroda along the Kharicut canal, Asarwa where the civil hospital is located, and other areas.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, during a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar held on Monday to review the impact of the monsoon rain in the state, had stressed on the urgency of resolving road and bridge issues and ordered that work must be visible to the public.
(Jay Jani is an intern with The Indian Express)
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