General
Mumbai: Over 14,000 pothole complaints pending from 2022, opposition slams BMC
In the last fiscal, the BMC received 48,608 complaints regarding potholes. Of them, 33,791 craters were fixed till March 2023 while the civic body aims to patch the remaining 14,817 potholes before monsoon.
BMC pledges to spend over Rs 125 crore on fixing potholes
The menace of potholes is nothing new for Mumbaikars as the problem recurs every monsoon. Hence, the BMC has pledged to spend more than Rs125 crore to fill potholes. Besides, Rs50 crore will be spent on procuring asphalt and gravel, which play crucial role in fixing potholes.
The civic body has even switched to reactive asphalt and rapid hardening mixture technology for filling potholes as the previous method of cold mix proved ineffective. The BMC changed ways of patching roads after receiving much flak from citizen activists as well as former corporators.
Opposition slams BMC
Slamming the civic body for not filling potholes whose complaints were received last year, Ravi Raja, opposition leader in BMC and former corporator said, “I thought potholes appeared only during heavy monsoon but here it seems the problem is perennial. What is the BMC administration doing? If there are so many complaints, it indicates that roads being constructed are of very bad quality. We would have asked them (civic authorities) about potholes but there is an administrator in the BMC and no public representative is there to question him.”
Vinod Mishra, former BJP corporator said, “I am requesting the BMC commissioner and administration to stop this number game. They should concentrate on road concretisation. If potholes are still appearing then contractors should be held responsible for that and he should be directed to fix roads.”
The state government has undertaken concretisation of 400 km roads in Mumbai at the cost of Rs6,000 crore.
Maharashtra
Mumbai Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar bridge should be opened for weighing vehicles: Abu Asim Azmi
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA has demanded in the assembly that a flyover bridge should be started for heavy vehicles to curb fatal accidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. Fatal accidents are happening every month in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. Earlier there were high tension wires on the bridge built on GM Link Road, then the bridge was closed due to heavy vehicles. Later the wires were also removed and the flyover department has also allowed heavy vehicles to pass, however, heavy vehicles are still not being allowed to move. Today in the House, a demand was made to start the movement of heavy vehicles on this bridge. Abu Asim Azmi said that recently a tragic accident took place here in which three people died.
CRIME
Mumbai: Police have claimed to have arrested one of the most wanted accused involved in the 1993 Mumbai riots. Mumbai’s Wadala police arrested a fugitive accused who was on the run for 32 years during an operation to search for wanted accused. 54-year-old Arif Ali Hashimullah Khan has been arrested from Antop Hill. The accused did not appear in court during the hearing. A warrant was also issued against him, after which the police arrested the accused and presented him in the court and the court ordered his remand. This operation was carried out by Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti and Port Zone DCP Vijay Sagar.
Maharashtra: In the context of the Mumbai Marathi-Hindi controversy, Shishil Kodia has apologized for his controversial statement. He said that his tweet was misrepresented. I am not against Marathi. I have been living in Mumbai and Maharashtra for the last 30 years. I am a fan of Raj Thackeray. I constantly comment positively on Raj Thackeray’s tweets. I tweeted in my emotions and I made a mistake. This tense and tense atmosphere should end. We need a favorable environment to accept Marathi. So I request you to forgive me for this mistake for Marathi. Earlier, Shishil Kodia had made a controversial statement about Marathi and refused to speak Marathi, due to which MNS workers attacked and pelted stones at Shishil’s company WeWork. After which Shishil has now apologized to X
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