Residents of Ghule Nagar in Vadgaon Budruk couldn’t believe their eyes on Thursday, as they saw an entire stretch of road in their area — running for about three kilometers —get concretised at miraculous speed. The stretch was readied in about two hours by PMC workers, to their utter shock.

SLIPSHOD: While the road work was completed with great speed, a resident said that the quality of work was inferior, and the concrete was sure to wash off with the first rains

But any joy they may have felt at the PMC’s newfound speed was soon obliterated, when they realised that the uncharacteristic speed was in honour of the impending arrival of the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, in the area. Pawar was scheduled to arrive at the spot to unveil a statue of Shivaji on Thursday evening, and the road work was completed by afternoon.