This is what Western Express Highway looks like after Rs 6-cr repairs

Updated On: 25 July, 2015 07:10 AM IST | | Ranjeet Jadhav

After PWD spent Rs 6.33 crore to repair the Western Express Highway before rains, commuters continue to suffer due to potholes, uneven patches; department is currently undertaking patchwork repairs

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Potholes on Western Express Highway

Once again, the Western Express Highway is riddled with potholes, despite the Public Works Department (PWD) spending over Rs 6 crore of taxpayers’ money on pre-monsoon repairs. While the department continues to repair damaged sections of the road during dry spells, it is unable to keep up with the pace at which craters are turning up on the highway. This begs the question, why are potholes proliferating at this rate when such a huge amount was spent on pre-monsoon work?

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