CM Atishi, ministers inspect roads to ensure 'Pothole-free Delhi'

Delhi cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister Atishi hit the ground running on Monday morning inspecting and identifying damaged roads across the city to ensure a potholefree national capital by DiwaliIn an official statement Atishi said she has taken the responsibility of south and southeast Delhi Saurabh Bharadwaj has taken the responsibility of east Delhi Gopal Rai has taken northeast Delhi Kailash Gahlot has taken west and southwest Delhi Imran Hussain has taken central and New Delhi and Mukesh Ahlawat have taken the responsibility of north and northwest DelhiAtishi accompanied by Public Works Department PWD engineers visited different areas in south and southeast DelhiIn a post on X the chief minister said she found roads at NSIC Okhla Modi Mill flyover Chirag Dilli Tughalakabad Mathura Road Ashram Chowk and its underpass in a dilapidated condition People have to face problems because of potholes on these roads she saidThe chief minister directed the officials to start the repair work on a war footing and said Under the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal it is our endeavour that all Delhiites get potholefree roads by DiwaliBSES laid the line in front of NSIC Metro Station but the road was not repaired after that Here people not only face problems due to broken roads but there is also a traffic jam In this way every inch of the road will be inspected All the roads will be built within the next three to four weeks Atishi saidBharadwaj and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia inspected roads in east DelhiSisodia in a post on X alleged that the BJP sent him and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to jail in fake cases to stall the work being done by the AAP government for the people of DelhiBecause of this the condition of roads has worsened he saidSisodia said that now that Kejriwal is back all the pending work will be finished quickly He has asked the CM and all ministers to urgently improve the condition of the roads in the national capital Delhis roads will soon get better since Kejriwal has taken charge of itMinisters Gopal Rai Kailash Gahlot Imran Hussain and Mukesh Ahlawat also inspected roadsRai inspected roads in northeast Delhi Gahlot in west and southwest Delhi Hussain in New Delhi and central Delhi and Ahlawat in north and northwest DelhiToday I inspected the roads of NooreIlahi and Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi Dust pollution occurs first after the rain Therefore our effort is to control it Apart from this the antidust campaign is starting from October 7 Under this we are forming about 523 teams to go to the field Gopal Rai saidAfter the inspection Gahlot posted on X that this morning along with senior officials of PWD he inspected the main roads of Najafgarh Bahadurgarh Road and Dhasan RoadDue to the prolonged monsoon the condition of roads is not good and people are facing problems due to potholes at many places he saidDuring the inspection instructions were given to the officers that all necessary repairs on the road should be done as soon as possible so that people do not face inconvenience in commuting he mentioned in the postDuring the inspection Gahlot found that the PWD drains were broken and due to lack of cleaning there was waterlogging around them The roads were damaged due to continuous water accumulation The minister directed the officials to immediately repair and clean the drains as well as start road repair work immediately the statement saidAhlawat said he inspected the road located in Sultanpur Majra Assembly constituency around 10 am and instructed the PWD officials to get the road repaired as soon as possibleWherever there is a problem those roads will be repaired The roads which need to be rebuilt will be rebuilt those which need repair will be repaired and the roads which have potholes will be filled Rohtak Road has suffered a lot of damage due to rain and the drains have also broken Therefore the water will be removed first from there by installing a pump after that it will be repaired Ahlawat saidAAP senior leader Jasmine Shah who accompanied Ahlawat said that the PWD officials have been directed to install roundtheclock pumping so that water doesnt get collected and urgent repair work on the road is initiatedThrough the combined efforts of ministers MLAs and PWD officials we shall ensure Delhi becomes potholefree before Diwalirdquo he sharedSimilarly Hussain stated that he and party MLA Durgesh Pathak have inspected the PWD roads in Paharganj and Motiya Khan and instructed the present officers to repair them as soon as possibleThe party through its official X handle said that the campaign to repair broken roads in Delhi started on a war footingOn Sunday Atishi held a meeting to review the condition of roads in the city and said that all ministers would inspect roads in designated areas for a week to identify those in need of repairThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its 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