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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has allocated much than ₹89 lakh to each of its 15 zones to repair potholes, according to officials.
Residents, however, said enactment assigned nether earlier tenders had been shoddy.
In November, Standing Committee (Works) Chairperson N. Chitrarasu had announced a ₹15-crore inaugural for roadworthy repair and patchwork, with tenders invited for 286 roadworks worthy ₹37 crore to beryllium taken up aft the northeast monsoon.
In May, the GCC had planned to amended 346 roads nether its Special Fund 2025-26 astatine a outgo of ₹92.74 crore.
Siva of Semmenchery said that respective roads remained unpaved arsenic enactment connected the underground pipeline web was being undertaken by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board.
Another nonmigratory successful Madhavaram Zone said the roadworthy betwixt Aavin and Manali was filled with potholes, adding that the Chennai Corporation had been filling immoderate of the potholes with bluish metallic stones without immoderate aggregate, which is dangerous, particularly for two-wheeler riders.
Tenders issued by the Bus Route Road (BRR) Department said the funds were for exigency patchwork and betterment of BRRs.
It added that the contractor indispensable deploy machinery specified arsenic mechanical pavers, bobcats, mini rollers and acold milling machines successful each portion to undertake repairs.
Additionally, nary steadfast indispensable enactment successful the tender if immoderate of its directors is simply a humor comparative of immoderate worker oregon nationalist typical of the GCC.
When asked astir the earlier tenders, zonal authorities said they were being monitored, and that the caller funds were to guarantee that the potholes were repaired seamlessly with nary bumps. The machines for this would soon beryllium deployed.
The contractor shall deploy watchmen and spot wide absorption boards astatine each required points to usher roadworthy users to harmless alternate routes, the tender added.
