When it rains,it pours misery

According to the BMC data,the highest number of complaints were registered in the K east ward which covers Andheri,Juhu and Vile Parle. Areas such as Chembur,Goregaon West and Borivali West also received high number of complaints. Interestingly,in ‘A’ Ward,which includes Nariman Point,Marine Drive,Cuffe Parade,Navy Nagar and Colaba,not a single complaint was received. The complaints were received between June 1 and July 5.

Officials at the BMC’s Road Department said the civic administration had recently repaired over 3,055 of the 3,090 potholes in the city.

“Even though we have not received much rain in June,increasing number of complaints regarding potholes have been registered. However,the number of complaints is likely to increase in July. The administration should develop a technology of repairing potholes suitable to the climate here. We should not depend on technologies used in foreign countries which usually have a very cold climate unlike Mumbai’s humid climate,” said Congress corporator and standing committee member Rajendra Choubey.

The city has received considerably lower rainfall so far this year compared with last year. Total rainfall in Colaba in June fell by more than 50 per cent this year— from 948.4 mm in 2010 to 461.2 mm this year— as per the IMD data. Figures for Santacruz also fell marginally as it recorded 662.0 mm this month,down from 719.4 mm last year during the same period.

According to senior officials,while about 70 per cent of the budgetary provision will be used for pre-monsoon pothole repair,the civic administration has set aside Rs 14 crore for emergency pothole repairs during the monsoon. “We have utilised Rs 26 crore of the total budget for road repairs as of now. About Rs 14 crore is still remaining for emergency repairs which will be needed during the monsoon,” said S Badve,Chief Engineer (Roads,Traffic,Bridges).

Over the past few years,the civic administration has experimented with various foreign and Indian technologies of road repairs. While the BMC has been using the jet-patching technology from a US-based company this year,they had also finalised a German technology and another Mumbai-based company to test their technologies for road repair this monsoon. The civic administration has received a lot of flak for its failure to successfully use foreign technologies.

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