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BMC says 90 per cent potholes repaired, Mumbaikars rubbish claims

As civic body makes astonishing claim that 90 per cent of the city's potholes have been filled in one go, citizens take to social media to call out officialdom's falsehoods

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According to Khar resident, potholes keep reappearing at the junction of 15th and 30th Road due to the poor quality of repairs. All pictures by local residents. Pic/Suni Khosla

According to Khar resident, potholes keep reappearing at the junction of 15th and 30th Road due to the poor quality of repairs. All pictures by local residents. Pic/Suni Khosla

If the  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is to be believed, there are hardly any potholes left on Mumbai's roads. The municipal corporation claims that since the beginning of the monsoon, they have repaired 90 per cent of 2,294 craters that appeared on this city's roads, and only 288 remain. But citizens have brushed this off as a 'hole' lot of rubbish, especially when you consider that over 27,000 pothole complaints have been registered on Mumbaipotholes.com in the last month alone.

Vinod Chithore, chief engineer of BMC's roads and Traffic department, said, "Till August 24, we received 2,294 pothole complaints from citizens across the city. Out of this, we have repaired 2,006 potholes, and only 288 remain to be filled, which will be completed in the next few days. Till now, the Corporation has used about 500 tonnes of cold mix to fill potholes."

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