KMC to take up road repair work across city

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take up repair work of damaged roads in the city right from the next dry spell. The civic body has set a target to spruce up all the roads with potholes before Durga Puja.

Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Monday held a meeting with all state and central agencies that are responsible for road maintenance in the city in this regard.

"We are soon to take up road repair work in the next dry spell. Now, we are passing through a phase of heavy rain so if we put asphalt on the road it will wash away. We will be carrying out temporary repairs now but the final works will be completed before the Puja," Chatterjee said.

It may be mentioned that all the roads in the city do not fall under the jurisdiction of KMC.

However, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given out strict instructions that the repair works are a priority now. She has instructed that work should start and the costs could be settled with the concerned agencies.

"Some agencies might not have adequate infrastructure to carry out the work. In that case, we are asking them to identify the roads and hand over the responsibility on us to carry out the work,"

the Mayor said.

He maintained that work for the drainage system on EM Bypass, on both its right and left side, will soon begin.

"We have received about six crore fund from the state government and the tendering process has been started," Chatterjee added.

Officials of Railways, Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), Kolktata Metropolitan Development Authoritiy (KMDA), Public Works Department (PWD), Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC), Kolkata Police and several others were present in the meeting along with the borough chairmen

of KMC.