The Corporation council will ask the State Government to conduct inspection of all roads constructed within a year in Kochi. A decision in this regard was taken during the council meeting on Thursday.   With this, the contractors of almost all roads in the city will come under the scanner of the State Government.

The inspection will include the roads constructed by the Corporation, the PWD and those developed for KMRL. During the meeting, opposition councillors came up with a list of roads that were damaged within one year after construction. The councillors alleged that though the Palarivattom Road, BTH road, the road in front of St Mary’s Hospital and the Shanmukham Road were given a five-year guarantee period by the contractor, they have got damaged.

“These roads were repaired using Bitumen Macadam and Bitumen Concrete (BM and BC) a year ago and were given a guarantee period of five years.

“It’s easy to blame the rain for the damage. But, it is not just the rain which is responsible, the role of contractor in these cases should be brought to light,” said opposition councillor Advocate  K N Sunil Kumar of the CPM. To this, Mayor Tony Chammany said that the issues raised will be thoroughly investigated.

“We will ask the State Government to investigate into the matter. “Based upon the report, strict measures will be taken if any irregularities are found,” said the Mayor.On the alleged misappropriations by the health committee chairman in the ‘Unarvu-2012’ exhibition, the Mayor said that a team of standing committee chairpersons will inquire into the matter.