Bumpy ride for Delhiites after rains

Another resident of east Delhi complained: “Virtually the entire stretch from home to my office in Connaught Place has potholes after every half kilometer. I keeping hitting one pothole after another while on my way towards Preet Vihar, on the Vikas Marg. The entire process is repeated from Sikandra Road near Mandi House to ITO. Even the newly constructed ITO bridge has a huge pothole. Civic officials spend lakhs towards painting zebra crossings and stop signs on the roads but they never bother to repair the roads.”

Sudha Adhikari, who works at Bhikaji Cama Place said: “There is a huge crater on the main road right outside the Bhikaji Cama Place and for those who do not use the road regularly like I do, it is a hazard. After every rainfall, the ditch is full of water and I have seen many scooterists stumble and fall in it. But no one does anything about it.”

Similarly, residents of Okhla Industrial Area Phase-I, Mayapuri, Safdarjung Enclave and Kalkaji DDA flats complained about the state of roads in their areas.

Complaints about water logging and choked sewers also poured in from different parts of the Capital. Dhanesh Dhillon, a resident of MCD colony in Naniwala Bagh said: “We have to wade through knee-deep water as soon as we step out of the house. All the sewer lines of the area are choked and this is after the Speaker of the Assembly, Charti Lal Goel, who was here for a function on August 4, instructed MCD officials to rectify the problem within a week.”

Residents of Matia Mahal in the walled city said that the choked sewers in their locality had become a breeding ground for diseases. “All the sewer lines here are overflowing and complaints to MCD officials has not got us any results. The government keeps expressing its concern about Dengue, but it does not provide basic civic amenities to the citizens,” sighed Shareef Khan, a resident.