AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to buy machines to level elevated manholes in the city. The issue was discussed by the standing committee,
after officials told the members that more than 1.25 lakh manholes are
above road level in the city. According to the officials, some of these
elevated manholes are right in the middle of roads.

About the reasons for uneven levelling of manholes, officials told the
panel that the lack of coordination between the drainage and the road
departments leads to such defective work. “Sometimes, it is done
deliberately, so as to make them more worker-friendly,” the officials
added.

Standing committee chairman Pravin Patel admitted that the lack of
coordination between the drainage and road departments was leading to
raised manholes. “We will give contracts to agencies in each zone to use
heavy machines and level such manholes,” said Patel.