Speaking to reporters after a highlevel meeting at Ripon Building on renovation of roads that were damaged in the recent rains, Mayor M Subramanian said, “With the local Met office forecasting no rain in the coming months here, the civic body has planned to start the renovation and laying of new roads on a war-footing in all 10 zones from January 2.” While more than 800 main roads would be renovated at a cost of Rs 10 crore, Rs 15 crore has been earmarked for 313 interior roads in all 10 zones. In addition, Rs 21 crore would be spent to renovate 85 bus route roads across the city, the Mayor said.

The renovation works would be completed in a month and civic body’s engineers have been asked to inspect the content mixtures to ensure good quality roads, Subramanian added. He also announced that a new quality control team has been set up to check the quality of roads laid by contractors in different places periodically.

Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni advised the officials to keep a tab on the road renovation works on a day-to-day basis and asked the zonal officers to regularly inspect the progress.