PMC draws ire of civic activists for potholed roads

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) came under fire from civic activists over the condition of roads that are dotted with potholes, with many demanding permanent solutions to the recurring problem “which puts the lives of citizens at risk”. The activists also demanded implementation of the recommendations of the Road Development and Road Maintenance Committee set up in 2016.

The activists want the responsibility to be fixed on the engineers, consultants and contractors for the lapses. The Pedestrians First, a group of activists, in a letter to the PMC commissioner said, “We are once again witnessing the same old sordid annual story of battered and tattered roads during Monsoon.