Wanowrie Highway — the place Command Hospital, Armed Forces Medical School and Synthetic Limb Centre are situated — has been in a state of disrepair for a number of months now after the Pune Municipal Company (PMC) partly dug it as much as lay water pipelines.
Commuters utilizing this highway, which stretches from St. Mary’s substation until Wanowrie police chowkey, face a troublesome time navigating it because of the decreased carriage width.
This highway additional connects to Canning Highway (resulting in Lullanagar chowk), which additionally experiences visitors bottlenecks as a result of its slender width close to the Mathurawala floor.
Travellers are fearful that the sluggish tempo of labor will additional irritate the state of affairs throughout the rains. Site visitors had nearly floor to a halt on Wanowrie Highway and adjoining roads throughout the current heavy pre-monsoon showers. Tree branches had fallen on these roads that are nonetheless being cleared. In addition to, the rains launched a variety of free mud which spilled on to the carriagewidth, making it dangerous for journey.
Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) officers stated that the duty of relaying the highway rests on the civic physique that dug it up for the water pipeline work. This was a undertaking sanctioned by the Ministry of Defence eight years in the past to put a 1,000 mm diameter water pipeline at a 3 to 4 km stretch from Wanowrie Highway main as much as Canning Highway until Fakhri hill. The work lastly commenced in April this yr. However with surprising heavy rainfall resulting in a number of timber falling throughout these roads, the work had slowed down.
At current, the pipeline work on this stretch has been accomplished, however the highway stays untarred, resulting in the highway turning into narrower and creating an issue for commuters particularly throughout the rain.
PCB officers stated a letter had been submitted to the PMC with the enterprise that they might restore the highway that has been dug up. When contacted, Nandkishore Jagtap, PMC’s water supply department incharge, stated the duty to reinistate the highway after the pipeline work was of the civic physique’s. “The delay reinistating the highway was as a result of the cotractor appointed for the aim backed out. Nevertheless, the method ro appoint a brand new contractor has been began and the highway shall be repaired quickly,” he stated.
Contemplating the inconvenience to residents as a result of rain, Jagtap stated the civic administration will get the work carried out instantly by way of different contractor.
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