After failing to fill up potholes on the city roads, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed to complete the work manually with help of paver blocks only till Ganesh immersion.
"The continuous rainfall is disrupting the work of filling up the potholes and the work would be completed till Ganesh immersion only," additional municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta told reporters today after a meeting of Ganesh festival committees and local MLAs held ahead of the festival.
The BMC needs 24 hours of dry spell for the work. However, continuous rainfall is not allowing to complete it. If the rains continue in this manner, the only option would be to fill up the potholes temporarily with the help of paver blocks, Gupta said.
Guardian minister for Mumbai suburb, Naseem Khan who had convened the meeting instructed BMC to fulfil the potholes in time so that Ganesh processions should not affect.
Considering Eid, Ganesh festival and arrival of Queen's baton to the city on the same day, Khan said the police would take care of the security so that no untoward incident would take place. The routes would be designed in a manner that they would not create traffic jams, he added.
Queen's baton would relay in the suburbs on September 10 and 11 while the Eid and Ganesh arrival would also be celebrated during this time.
The local committees present for the meeting assured to maintain peace in view of a Babri Masjid verdict expected on September 17 in Allahabad high court, the minister said.
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