The state Government will soon issue an order for handing over
R&B roads in the city to GHMC and creating a separate division for
it, municipal commissioner Somesh Kumar has said.
The move is to
protect the GHMC from public blame though most of the roads are being
poorly maintained by the R&B department. He asked officials to
prepare plans to develop a road length while addressing sanitation,
debris removal, construction of table drains, camber correction,
footpaths, patch works, greenery, etc.
He called for proposals for
development of 40 km roads in each circle in 10 days. He said GHMC
plans to make specific changes in road maintenance policy by calling
tenders for contract of annual maintenance of roads after completion of
defect liability period of the contractor. Such a system is existing in
New Delhi and yielding good results.
The commissioner asked zonal
commissioners to hold a review meeting with superintending engineers
once in a week, personally monitor the works, fix up the responsibility
and complete the works in a stipulated time. The commissioner will be
reviewing with the zonal commissioners and SEs twice in a month.
He
observed that most of the roads were not laid to the proper level where
sweeping machines are unable to cover because of the uneven levels.
Engineering officials must come up with plans to level the roads, he
said.
