PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
The Public Works Department (PWD) has set October 15 as the deadline to complete patch repair works on 197.24 km of roads under its Provincial Division in Dehradun, despite repeated delays and complaints from the public about inferior work which doesn’t last more than a few months. As per the latest status updated on September 21, repair work has been completed on 13.09 kilometres. The PWD Dehradun assistant engineer Govind Singh Koundal told The Pioneer that the division has identified 82 roads with a combined length of 290.03 kilometres for patchwork. The proposed work includes two State Highways, two main district roads, 41 other district roads and 37 rural roads. The total estimated requirement for the work is Rs 587.91 lakh.
He added that among the State highways, patch repairs have been proposed on 13 kilometres of the Dehradun-Mussoorie road and 24 kilometres of the Dehradun-Kimadi-Lambidhar-Motilal Nehru-Karte McKenzie-Holok Company Garden road. For main district roads, the plan includes 12 kilometres on the Selaqui-Majawala-Dugda-Nanda Ki Chowki Motor road and five kilometres on the Sahaspur-Shankarpur-Smasawala-Majra-Badawala Motor road, Koundal said. He said that the plan also covers several other district roads, including Kharwa-Horawala road, Langdehar Link road, Sankari-Dhakpatti-Bhaleraj Motor road, Mainsik Laj Kishan road and Rajendranagar internal roads.
Koundal further said that patchwork and road repair works are currently underway at different locations. “The work is in progress and efforts are being made to complete the repair works as soon as possible,” he said. The latest update shows that 13.09 kilometres of the identified road length has been repaired so far. The department has set October 15 as the target for completing the proposed patch repair works.
