Over 2,100 potholes yet to be repaired in Chennai

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has identified 2,128 potholes and damaged road patches awaiting repair, as of Sunday. Street-wise identification is still under way, its latest status report said. GCC Commissioner G.S.

Sameeran on Monday flagged off 12 vehicles at the Ripon Buildings to repair potholes. The move follows Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s instruction to repair potholes using concrete and cold-mix materials as part of monsoon preparedness, a press release said.

Earlier, the GCC identified 8,160 potholes and damaged patches across 2,946 roads as on October 30. It completed repairs at 6,808 locations on interior and bus route roads by October 31. Tiruvottiyur zone has the highest number of pending repairs at 275, followed by Teynampet Zone at 273 and Tondiarpet Zone at 254.

The report said Sholinganallur Zone had potholes at 168 locations, while Valasaravakkam Zone had the lowest number of locations with potholes, at 12. The GCC has allocated ₹21.80 crore for pothole and patch repairs, including ₹12.55 crore for interior roads and ₹9.25 crore for bus route roads.

As on October 31, the GCC received 4,400 bags of cold-mix material and used 2,101. The remaining 2,299 bags were available for use. Repairs using the material covered 1,111 patches over 2,946.16 sq. m. The GCC has proposed procuring another 13,000 bags, weighing 325 tonnes.