Hyderabad: GHMC gears up to road repair works following heavy rains in the city

The heavy rains in the city from the last few weeks have left many roads in the city damaged in many areas .the GHMC greater Hyderabad municipal corporation has launched road repair work especially on the internal roads and other major roads at the cost of over 52 crores.

The GHMC has identified 315 stretches covering over 99.51 km across the 6 zones. All Zonal Commissioners have been directed to complete all the repairing works by November 15 or before.

Unlike previous years, the municipal corporation this year had taken up large-scale road repairing works during the summer, making good use of the traffic-free roads during the lockdown.

The incessant rains have incomplete a part of good work. On Friday the city has received 28 mm rainfall in a short time. as a result of heavy rain in the city, many roads have been damaged badly already many residents have



complained about the bad roads, unrepair in their colonies.

A resident from Saibaba Nager colony old Alwal Venkatranga Readdy tweeted “Very bad condition of roads in our colony. Despite repeated complaints, GHMC is not taking any action. In a few areas, the BT layer on the road surface has been washed away, subjecting motorists to a lot of inconveniences.”

Srinivas Bellam a resident of Chanda Nagar sharing images of roods tweeted that “Please look into the condition of the stretch towards Indu Fortune fields from the RUB.”

The complaints coming in from different areas, the municipal corporation has commenced road repair works, focusing on BT roads. Zonal Commissioners have been instructed to complete the road works by November 15, a GHMC official said, adding that the work has been suspended for a couple of days in some areas due to the heavy rains.