18 city roads in need for urgent repair
Patna: After assessing the roads dug up by various firms it hired for construction of drainage pipeline and Namami Gange projects,
Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd
(Buidco) has prepared a list of 18 roads with a total length of 3,642m that are in bad condition after completion of the work.
It has handed over the list to road construction department for repair.
This include a 305-m stretch on Daroga Rai Path (from Ram Janaki to Hanuman Temple), Boring Road (120m), Balupar Road (550m) and Beerchand Patel Path (130m) in Digha zone 1. Other roads include Digha-Ashiana Road (540-m stretch), Rajeev Nagar Road number 26 (252m), AG Colony Market Road (52m), the stretch from IGIMS to Lalbabu Market Road (235m), Rajvanshi Nagar (110m), near Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple (192m), Punaichak (149m) and Shastri Nagar (167m) in Digha zone 2.
In Kankerbagh zone, six roads need to be repaired — two stretches in Hanuman Nagar Road (295m and 97m), Malahi Pakri Road (96m), Road number 4 (100m), Malahi Pakri (110m) and Road number 3 near Malahi Pakri Chowk (132m).
Animesh Kumar Parashar, managing director of Buidco, said to ensure that the general public does not face any inconvenience during the rainy season, the ongoing work on sewage lines was completed and they are being made motorable.
"The roads where the sewerage network work was completed by Buidco have been listed for repair," he said.
The MD has instructed the construction agencies involved in the
Namami Gange project
to restore the dug-up roads as soon as the work is completed. "Contracts with the agencies involved in the Namami Gange project include a clause to restore the dug-up roads. The roads will be reconstructed to their original form by the road construction department, while the repair work of roads under the Patna Municipal Corporation is being carried out by the Buidco agencies," said Parashar who is also the municipal commissioner.
Last week, road construction minister Nitin Nabin ordered repair of the broken roads by May 30. He directed all the agencies to ensure that the open manholes at the construction sites are covered and all potholes are filled without any delay.
So far, over 12km of road repair work has been completed in New Capital Road Division, Patna. In Patna West Road Division, work has been completed on over 1km out of over 2km.
Patna: After assessing the roads dug up by various firms it hired for construction of drainage pipeline and Namami Gange projects, Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (Buidco) has prepared a list of 18 roads with a total length of 3,642m that are in bad condition after completion of the work.
It has handed over the list to road construction department for repair.
This include a 305-m stretch on Daroga Rai Path (from Ram Janaki to Hanuman Temple), Boring Road (120m), Balupar Road (550m) and Beerchand Patel Path (130m) in Digha zone 1. Other roads include Digha-Ashiana Road (540-m stretch), Rajeev Nagar Road number 26 (252m), AG Colony Market Road (52m), the stretch from IGIMS to Lalbabu Market Road (235m), Rajvanshi Nagar (110m), near Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple (192m), Punaichak (149m) and Shastri Nagar (167m) in Digha zone 2.
In Kankerbagh zone, six roads need to be repaired — two stretches in Hanuman Nagar Road (295m and 97m), Malahi Pakri Road (96m), Road number 4 (100m), Malahi Pakri (110m) and Road number 3 near Malahi Pakri Chowk (132m).
Animesh Kumar Parashar, managing director of Buidco, said to ensure that the general public does not face any inconvenience during the rainy season, the ongoing work on sewage lines was completed and they are being made motorable.
"The roads where the sewerage network work was completed by Buidco have been listed for repair," he said.
The MD has instructed the construction agencies involved in the Namami Gange project to restore the dug-up roads as soon as the work is completed. "Contracts with the agencies involved in the Namami Gange project include a clause to restore the dug-up roads. The roads will be reconstructed to their original form by the road construction department, while the repair work of roads under the Patna Municipal Corporation is being carried out by the Buidco agencies," said Parashar who is also the municipal commissioner.
Last week, road construction minister Nitin Nabin ordered repair of the broken roads by May 30. He directed all the agencies to ensure that the open manholes at the construction sites are covered and all potholes are filled without any delay.
So far, over 12km of road repair work has been completed in New Capital Road Division, Patna. In Patna West Road Division, work has been completed on over 1km out of over 2km.
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