PMC to rethink use of cement to re-surface roads

PUNE With the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in an embarrassing situation over potholes in the city, the standing committee chairman has instructed the administration to work on a war footing to clear the potholes. The PMC is likely to rethink using cement concrete patches to fill the potholes.

Civic activists, citizens and opposition parties criticised the civic body over the pothole issue. With continuous rain over the last few days, almost all roads have developed potholes.

The Congress party, on Wednesday, held an agitation on Tilak Road over the potholes. Congress leader Sanjay Balgude organised the agitation and Congress leader in the PMC, Aba Bagul, blamed a nexus between administration and contractors for the potholes.