Potholes On Mumbai Roads

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday claimed that Mumbai roads will be free of potholes in the next two to two-and-half years.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday summoned the civic chiefs of Mumbai and five other municipal corporations to court on Friday for not complying with its directions to keep roads and footpaths pothole-free.

The Bombay High Court has asked Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to prepare a roadmap to repair 20 worst pothole-ridden roads in Mumbai by next week.

A man was run over by a bus as he fell from his motorcycle after hitting a pothole on the Ghodbunder Road in Maharashtra's Thane, the police said today.

After facing widespread criticism for advising citizens not to fill craters on roads on their own, the Mumbai civic body on Tuesday "acknowledged" the "good intent" and sought to rope in people for doing the job.

The Western Express Highway in Mumbai which leads to the airport was flooded after continuous rain in the city, making it extremely difficult for people running to catch their flights reach the airport on time.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that arterial roads and highways across Maharashtra continued to remain riddled with potholes year after year and asked why the state government did not spend even a portion of the money collected as toll for repairing them.

Dadarao Bilhore, a Mumbai resident, who lost his 16-year-old son beacuse of a pothole on a road three years ago, filled up 556th pothole in the city on Sunday.

While accusations and counter-charges fly over the dismal state of roads in and around Mumbai and continue to cost lives, two citizens have literally taken the matter into their own hands.

The pothole-ridden Sion-Panvel Highway yet again threw the traffic into the clutch, brake and accelerator routine. The vehicles trying to avoid craters on the road have led to two-km-long jam. It's taking hours to cross the stretch, a commuter told NDTV.

For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-2...

Potholes were not the reason for the death of the woman motorcycle-rider who died on Jawhar-Dahanu road in the Palghar district near Mumbai on Sunday, Maharashtra Public Works Minister Chandrakant Patil has claimed.

Frustrated with the potholes menace, Mumbai residents are now relying on humour to draw the attention of agencies that are responsible for road upkeep.

On the back foot following the public outrage over the poor condition of roads in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC on Thursday filled the potholes that sprung up after the first spell of monsoon.

Two MNS corporators from the city were arrested today, days after they forced a civic chief engineer to hold a placard on a potholed road in Dadar, which read "I am responsible for potholes," police said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday claimed that Mumbai roads will be free of potholes in the next two to two-and-half years.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday summoned the civic chiefs of Mumbai and five other municipal corporations to court on Friday for not complying with its directions to keep roads and footpaths pothole-free.

The Bombay High Court has asked Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to prepare a roadmap to repair 20 worst pothole-ridden roads in Mumbai by next week.

A man was run over by a bus as he fell from his motorcycle after hitting a pothole on the Ghodbunder Road in Maharashtra's Thane, the police said today.

After facing widespread criticism for advising citizens not to fill craters on roads on their own, the Mumbai civic body on Tuesday "acknowledged" the "good intent" and sought to rope in people for doing the job.

The Western Express Highway in Mumbai which leads to the airport was flooded after continuous rain in the city, making it extremely difficult for people running to catch their flights reach the airport on time.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that arterial roads and highways across Maharashtra continued to remain riddled with potholes year after year and asked why the state government did not spend even a portion of the money collected as toll for repairing them.

Dadarao Bilhore, a Mumbai resident, who lost his 16-year-old son beacuse of a pothole on a road three years ago, filled up 556th pothole in the city on Sunday.

While accusations and counter-charges fly over the dismal state of roads in and around Mumbai and continue to cost lives, two citizens have literally taken the matter into their own hands.

The pothole-ridden Sion-Panvel Highway yet again threw the traffic into the clutch, brake and accelerator routine. The vehicles trying to avoid craters on the road have led to two-km-long jam. It's taking hours to cross the stretch, a commuter told NDTV.

For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-2...

Potholes were not the reason for the death of the woman motorcycle-rider who died on Jawhar-Dahanu road in the Palghar district near Mumbai on Sunday, Maharashtra Public Works Minister Chandrakant Patil has claimed.

Frustrated with the potholes menace, Mumbai residents are now relying on humour to draw the attention of agencies that are responsible for road upkeep.

On the back foot following the public outrage over the poor condition of roads in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC on Thursday filled the potholes that sprung up after the first spell of monsoon.

Two MNS corporators from the city were arrested today, days after they forced a civic chief engineer to hold a placard on a potholed road in Dadar, which read "I am responsible for potholes," police said.