Right under BMC nose

However, civic officials feigned ignorance about the potholes. 8220;I don8217;t know about this potholed patch,8221; said chief engineer D L Shinde. 8220;There might be hardly any pothole in the city. We have repaired all the potholes and bad patches before the Ganpati festival.8221; But the proof is to the contrary and right under the BMC8217;s nose. In fact, had the civic body accepted Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh8217;s jestful suggestion that it announce Rs 1000 reward for anybody who spots a pothole, the citizens would have a field day on this road.

This year, the civic body has been struggling to repair potholes, after a new technology 8212; called Carboncor 8212; imported from South Africa was introduced, which many contractors refused to use, alleging monopoly by the supplier of the material.