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Chennai corporation identifies 2,100 potholes to be fixed by Oct 15

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With the Northeast Monsoons fast approaching, the motorists in Chennai are already dreading the pothole-ridden roads, which even have the potential to cause frequent accidents. In view of this, the Greater Chennai Corporation, in its recent survey, identified 2,100 potholes across all 15 zones in the city that require immediate work. The self-imposed deadline to complete the repair work has been set for October 15.

According to reports, ward-level officers from all 200 wards in the city have compiled a list of at least 20 locations with potholes. The Corporation will stop giving permission for road cuts by October 1 for all service departments, including telecommunication and other companies that lay underground cables.

The Times of India (ToI) lists Abusali Street in Saligraman and Sivan Koil Cross Street in Vadapalani as some of the worst affected roads in the city. An amount of Rs 4 crore has been sanctioned by the Chennai Corporation for repair and patchwork, which have to be completed within the next 15 days.

Corporation Deputy Commissioner (Works) M Govinda Rao told The Hindu, “Each zone has received a cold mix for the repair of potholes. Any pothole developed by unauthorised digging of roads will be identified this week. We have approval for all zones.”

Depending on the kind of damage, Corporation workers use cold, wet or reactive mix to fix the roads. The wet mix, which consists of gravel, fly ash quarry dust, metal chips and cement dust, is used to fix small potholes on dry roads. The cold mix is used for wider and bigger potholes, as it has better binding strength. The reactive mix is an imported ready mix, which costs about Rs 1.5 lakh per tonne and is used on big potholes, where water stagnation is more than one-feet deep.

Chennai Corporation also said that with the development in drains, areas vulnerable to waterlogging had reduced from 1,200 (in 2015) to 150 (in 2019).

Residents can report any damages to roads at Corporation helpline, 1913. 

Source: The News Minute