Motorists in Nashik complainof dangerous parallel grooves

Nashik: Two-wheeler motorists have put their lives at risk by riding across parallel grooves developed along the 800m section of road on Trimbakeshwar Road opposite to Civil Hospital.The parallel grooves developed are the result of milling work carried out and left unattended over a fortnight. The milling work included the scrapping the top surface of the tar road to provide for better grip of the new surface to be applied. This is dangerrous to motorcyclists as the deep groves trap narrow tires, causing the front wheel to wobble uncontrollably.The inconvenience is happening more often at the entrance of Idgah Maidan up till Ved Mandir."I wonder why officials carried out the miling exercise and left the road as it is without any warning for the motorists," said Rajesshri Rao, a working women and resident of Satpur colony.Keshav Jadhav, a businessman, questioned whethere the NMC officials and employees ever use this road. "Even the peon of NMC may be affording to have a car, but we cannot. I wonder if the NMC employees or officials do not use this road and if they do why haven't noticed it so far?" said Jadhav.The citizens also wonder the political parties and corporators are tight lipped over the situation."Only hours before any election, our part-time social workers-turned-politicians hit the streets promising justice for the people by jamming the streets. Now after the elections are over, nobody is worried about the problems of the citizens," claimed Ragini Kulkarni, a businesswoman from Pawan Nagar whose daughter uses the road for travelling between her office in the city and home.Even Citilinc bus drivers are wary of the situation not for their buses but for the two wheeled motorists."Not all the drivers are able to handle situation. There are chances that someone may fall and it could be dangerous situation. I pray that should not happen and hence am wary of the situation when any two wheeled motorists is around," said the driver on the condition of anonymity.Commissioner of the corporation Manisha Khatri has said that she would look into the issue. "The matter is of grave concern and will look into the matter immediately to ensure safety of the motorists," she said.