Bombay HC asks MCGM, others to decide on road repair plan

The Bombay High Court today asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to hold a meeting with other government agencies by January 5 and take a decision about a comprehensive road repair plan.
A division bench headed by Justice Shantunu Kemkar was hearing a suo motu PIL on the poor condition of roads in Mumbai and the civic body's alleged failure to prevent formation of potholes every monsoon.
The bench asked the civic body to coordinate with other agencies such as Public Works Department, Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation and Mumbai Port Trust, and decide on a comprehensive road repair plan by January 5.

All these agencies are responsible for maintaining city roads within their respective jurisdictions.
The high court asked the MCGM to inform on February 17 what decision they had taken.
Two months ago, MCGM had assured the court that it would make all roads in the city pothole-free by October 31.
The MCGM lawyer Anil Sakhare had stated that the civic body would take help of experts from the IIT-Mumbai to prepare a preventive plan by February 2017 to ensure that the city did not face the problem of water-logging and potholes during the next monsoon.