CHENNAI: The city corporation is set to undertake repair works in 1,010 city roads at an estimated cost of Rs 147.18 crore. The heavy rains in November had left several city roads damaged and in need of repair. While in many cases, the roads were worn-out and chipped, there were also cases of road cave-ins, disrupting traffic.
On the instructions of Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi, deputy commissioners, regional deputy commissioners, zonal officers and executive engineers held a survey and identified 1,010 damaged roads that needed to be repaired or relaid. Of these, 79 are bus route roads, 622 are interior tar roads and 307 are interior concrete roads.
