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No respite for road users

Incessant rain leaves several stretches dotted with potholes

Unmotorable: With the advent of monsoon roads have turned from bad to worse like this stretch from Uppal to Habsiguda.

HYDERABAD: With rains the already bruised roads have taken another battering. So are the travails of commuters and colony residents in the twin cities. The spine-crushing ride to office or somewhere else has just become even more harrowing, thanks to the peeling off of the outer bitumen layer due to incessant rain.

Already main roads along Musheerabad, Chikkadpally, parts of Dilsukhnagar, RTC Crossroads and Uppal are dotted with potholes and debris of outer layer, which have given away under the intensity of rain. At some places, the roads have become too slippery for comfort.

‘Back to square one’

The Mettuguda-Tarnaka and Habsiguda-Uppal road, the stretch which has only 20 per cent of road space to offer because of the ongoing water board’s pipe laying works, has gone completely awry. Potholes and puddles of water dot the road from Mettuguda to Uppal.

Representatives of several residential colony welfare associations point out that they may well have to wait for a long time before authorities take up repairs.

“After much delay, Kapra Municipality took up repairs of this stretch recently. Now we are back to square one. We have to put up with these kind of roads for a few more months,” says K. Raghavan, member of Snehapuri Residential Welfare Association at Nacharam.

Immediate repairs

However, GHMC Chief Engineer Dhan Singh assures of “immediate measures” to stem the rot.

The GHMC has already started repair works at several parts. “Our mobile teams are visiting various colonies trying to fill up the potholes and lifting debris. In fact, our initial assessment of the situation indicates limited damage to city roads but we will take up a thorough survey of the damage before the end of the monsoon,” says Mr. Singh.

The GHMC officials inform that the 2,250 km of roads were under their jurisdiction in the twin cities while another 182 km was under the Roads and Buildings Department.

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