Chief minister Eknath Shinde has directed the highway upkeep authorities to undertake rapid remedial measures like filling up potholes, setting up short-term truck bays alongside the highways, plugging unlawful turns in a bid to enhance commuting expertise for commuters crossing by way of Thane metropolis every day, officers knowledgeable.The directives have been issued by Shinde on Sunday morning, following a survey of the affected stretches of the highways after a number of assurances of a easy and pothole-free trip on the roads within the district have didn’t dwell as much as its expectations.
It could be famous Shinde had arrange a activity power final week whereas Union minister MP Kapil Patil additionally directed the Thane administration, Saturday, to instantly resolve the problem.
“Few deadly mishaps have been reported on metropolis highways right here. I’ve now instructed the district administration to instantly replenish the potholes on the earliest utilizing the most recent know-how together with mastic and in addition plug all accident inclined spots like unlawful cuts within the divider. We’re additionally engaged on setting up short-term truck bays alongside the highways which can be utilized for parking the heavy autos when there’s congestion on the stretch in order that precedence could be given to home and metropolis motorists,” mentioned Shinde.
Shinde additionally instructed the site visitors authorities to make sure heavy site visitors motion is regulated and restricted on the left aspect of the roads so that personal autos and ambulances can simply entry the opposite obtainable lanes particularly throughout emergencies. A crew of site visitors wardens will even be deployed on the affected stretches. As well as, service roads will even be developed.
It could be famous that Thane and neighbouring areas witnessed heavy rains in the previous few days which left the roads particularly the Nashik freeway and Ghodbunder highway battered resulting in large inconvenience for motorists who needed to endure a again breaking journey and prolonged journey time.
In the meantime, activists and politicians lashed out on the state authorities questioning the poor situation of the roads.
Nationalist Congress Celebration needed to know what motion had been taken up to now in opposition to officers. “Is not it too late, the get together requested in reference to the CM’s go to?” spokesperson Clyde Crasto mentioned, “The chief minister had promised that the roads could be pothole-free and had assured motion in opposition to erring officers earlier than the monsoon.”
