1,274 potholes reported across Mumbai as of Monday

The Shiv Sena's young leader, Aditya Thackeray, has claimed that there are no potholes on the new roads built by the Sena - BJP led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. But the reality is starkly different. As of Monday, 1,274 potholes have been reported from across the city, and Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has asked the engineers of the Roads department as well as Assistant Commissioners of the civic wards to do a quality check of the materials used to fill the potholes.

The 1,274 reports about potholes come from citizens who used the BMC's website dedicated for the purpose of reporting potholes. 55 potholes are on newly built roads, while 60 potholes are on roads under guarantee period. 38 potholes were reported on roads where potholes were already filled.

Mehta, on Monday visited Santacruz and Bandra areas to take a review of the pothole filling work done by the contractors on behalf of the municipal corporation.

"He went to the spot where the pothole filling work was being done and asked the Assistant Commissioners Satyaprakash Singh of H-East ward and Vijay Kamble of H-West ward along with the officials from Roads department to send the material for quality testing," said a senior civic official.

BMC has constructed at least 842 new roads at the cost of Rs2000 crores and over 350 roads are proposed for construction in the months after the monsoon season. Construction of roads is a part of master plan worth Rs7,500 crores for a complete change of the city's roads in three years time.

Total number of potholes reported so far- 1247
Potholes filled by BMC- 843