City residents concerned about road repair delays amid pre-monsoon showers
Patna: Several major roads of the city are still littered with construction debris and open trenches despite clear instructions from road construction minister Nitin Nabin to repair the roads dug up for drainage pipeline and Namami Gange projects by May 30.
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Amid pre-monsoon showers and the approaching rainy season, residents are concerned about waterlogging, open manholes submerged in rainwater and further deterioration of unrepaired roads.
Construction works are still on on large stretches of Boring Road, Patel Nagar, Ashok Rajpath, Jamal Road, Bazaar Samiti, Khazanchi Road, Makhaniya Kuan, New Dak Bungalow Road, Bazaar Samiti and Digha among other places. Many areas like Gandhi Maidan, SK Puri, Kankerbagh and Patliputra are left in poor condition after unevenly filling up dug-up areas, causing inconvenience to commuters.
Abhishek Singh, a resident of Mahavir Colony, said the road remained dug up for weeks and left open without any barricading. "A deadline was given, but it is seldom met. Commuters have limited options to bypass roads under repair, resulting in heavy traffic and extended travel time," he said.
A resident of Boring Canal Road, Seema Verma, said the road near SK Puri Park was full of trenches and filled up with gravel in such a haphazard manner that it poses a threat to commuters.
Dinesh Pandey, a resident of Salimpur Ahra, said several lanes in the area were dug for a water pipeline project, and after the recent rain, the situation turned pathetic. "It is very difficult to even walk. Drain water is flooding the road. To address these challenges effectively, implementing and maintaining firm completion timelines is crucial," he said.
A banker, Anant Kumar, said for months, they had been facing traffic jams on Ashok Rajpath due to the bad condition of the road.
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"Some days, the drain water spills over the road, making it difficult for commuters to locate the open potholes and dug-up areas. Even without rain, the situation is grim on this stretch due to multiple construction works like metro rail project, road over drain and the double-decker flyover," he rued.
On the deadline of May 30, Nabin said the roads, which were handed over to his department after the completion of infrastructure work by May 20 are almost repaired.
"The deadline to complete the repair work of those handed over by May 25 is June 5. We are confident that we will complete the remaining works before the arrival of monsoon. A review meeting was held on May 30 in this regard with the officials concerned," he told this newspaper on Saturday, adding a letter has been sent to all secretaries that no road digging work will be carried out in the city till monsoon.
"The first package to repair roads in the city is complete.
In Patna (west), only Polson Road is left. In Patna (east), the incomplete stretches will be repaired by June 5. In New Capital area's Kankerbagh, the road with four-five patches of 100 metres each, handed over on May 25, will be completed before June 4," the minister said.
Asked about the Boring Road and Ashok Rajpath, Nabin said that the road near AN College will be completed soon, but the internal roads (near Alpana Market) come under Patna Municipal Corporation. "On Ashok Rajpath, the road was dug to prevent drain blockage. Special permission was taken by the PMC for this drainage work. But we have asked Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited to repair the grade-level road by June 5, as the inauguration for the double-decker flyover is likely to be on June 7," he said.
Municipal authorities said the agencies concerned have been asked to complete the work on time.
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