PWD has asked DMRC to restore the areas handed over to it temporarily buy June end
The ongoing construction of Delhi Metro has turned various busy stretches in the Capital to a hell for commuters, as some areas are facing traffic jams while others are suffering due to blocked drainage systems.
The Public Works Department (PWD) has now asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to repair the stretches that were temporarily handed over to it for completion of its projects by the end of June. The roads where the work is going on include the Outer Ring Road, Rohtak Road, Anand Vihar, and ISBT.
“We have been receiving many complaints from the residents as well as commuters regarding the problems on these roads. So, we had a meeting with the DMRC officials and suggested that they repair the damaged roads,” a senior PWD official said.
According to sources, during the construction of a Metro pillar near Dhaula Kuan, a drain was completely blocked. After a discussion, the agencies concerned had to divert the construction to clear the drainage system. “Once our work is completed, the DMRC is committed to completely restoring such areas satisfactorily,” a DMRC official said.
The move comes after the department observed that the stretches of roads that were given to the DMRC for its projects were in a “bad shape”. “The PWD has asked the DMRC to repair these stretches across the city by the end of this month,” a senior government official said.
Meanwhile, the Petitions Committee may present its report on the work done to desilt the city drains in the Delhi Assembly session on Wednesday. The committee, comprising nine Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, had on June 7 started inspecting the work of desilting of drains by the PWD. Later, the work of the north, south and east Delhi Municipal Corporations was also checked.
Work completed
The department has also come out with a list of roads on which resurfacing work is about to be completed. On the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road, 70 per cent of resurfacing work has been done while on the dismantled BRT corridor stretch, 75 per cent of resurfacing has been completed
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