Roads fixed, but manholes not levelled

Snehal Sonawane / TNN / May 24, 2007, 03:03 IST

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The resurfaced roads in the city have ensured a smooth ride for motorists but failure by contractors to increase the height of manholes has left a new set of depressions that are as good as potholes.

PUNE: The resurfaced roads ahead of the monsoon in the city have ensured a smooth ride for motorists, but failure by contractors to increase the height of manholes has left a new set of depressions that are as good as potholes.
Fatal accidents involving two-wheelers happened during the last monsoon at spots where the level of roads and manholes did not match.Such dents, filled with rainwater, dislodged two-wheeler riders, thereby injuring or killing them.
Last year, a mishap claimed the lives of two people, including a one- and-a-half-year-old child in Kondhwa when a motorist skidded due to on an uneven manhole and collided with a truck.
Although roads like the one opposite Jnana Prabodhini and the other connecting the Navi Peth Vitthal temple and Shastri road, which had a series of such spots, have been repaired, there are many other roads that continue to pose a danger.

Madhuri Chandorkar, a resident of Sahakarnagar, said she has suffered spine-wracking jolts on the Marathon Bhavan road.
“That is the road I have to use every day to go to my workplace. Due to the heavy traffic, it is difficult to dodge such manholes which are way below the level of the road. It is scary because I tend to lose balance. I don’t understand what kind of resurfacing work the Pune Municipal Corporation is doing.”
Other roads with such spots are Tilak road, the road leading to Maldhakka chowk, ITI road in Aundh, DP road, the road connecting the Kakasaheb Gadgil bridge and Laxmi road, Bajirao, Shivaji, Congress Bhavan and Shirole roads.

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