Lt. Governor, Delhi Sh. Anil Baijal chairs a meeting to review progress of repairs of potholes on PWD roads, construction of Barapullah Flyover, widening of road near Savitri Flyover and greening of central verges

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04-12-2017

Lt. Governor, Delhi Sh. Anil Baijal chairs a meeting to review progress of repairs of potholes on PWD roads, construction of Barapullah Flyover, widening of road near Savitri Flyover and greening of central verges.
PWD will work as nodal agency for repair of potholes; shall launch an app for residents to report potholes and feedback on their repair: LG
Roadside greening and plantation at central verges must be expedited : LG
Lt. Governor, Delhi Sh. Anil Baijal chaired a meeting and reviewed the progress of repair of potholes on PWD roads, extension of Barapullah Flyover Ph-III, widening of road near Savitri Flyover and greening of central verges. The meeting was attended by Hon’ble Minister (PWD), GNCTD, Sh. Satyendar Jain; Pr. Secretary (PWD), GNCTD; Secretary (Environment), GNCTD, Commissioner (Transport), GNCTD; Pr. Commissioner, DDA; Spl. Commissioner (Traffic), Delhi Police; Engineer-in-Chief (PWD).

At the outset, Lt. Governor expressed his concern that potholes are one of the major causes of fatal incidents on the roads . Regarding repair of potholes, Hon’ble Lt. Governor issued directions that PWD will work as the nodal agency to coordinate for repairs among various road-owning agencies in Delhi such as DDA, NDMC, MCDs, NHAI, and Delhi Cantonment Board etc. Further, Hon’ble Lt. Governor also advised that there should be a mobile app wherein residents could update the photographs of potholes for the agency concerned to repair. The app would facilitate identification of the location using GPS besides informing the complainant about the details of the road-owning agency concerned. Hon’ble Minister (PWD) also emphasized on the need for immediate repair of potholes to take care of road safety as well as pollution mitigation through dust control.

Regarding greening of central verges and roadside plantation, Pr. Secretary (PWD) apprised about the work done in certain stretches. Hon’ble Lt. Governor directed to execute the greening work expeditiously, particularly on major stretches.

Hon’ble Lt. Governor also desired that other road owning agencies such as local bodies, DDA, NHAI, NDMC and Delhi Cantonment Board should also do the greening of central verges in their respective jurisdiction. Lt. Governor further directed that all local bodies, PWD, DDA and other agencies must simultaneously carry out the work of installation of uniform signage, painting of zebra crossing, iron grilling work, etc in time bound-manner.

Lt. Governor was also informed about the extension of Barapullah Phase III, and road widening near Savitri Flyover . Hon’ble LG instructed DDA and PWD to conduct a joint site inspection to resolve their issues so that the work can be accomplished at the earliest. Finally, in view of the directions of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, Hon’ble Lt. Governor asked Pr. Secretary (PWD) to commence the work of road widening near Savitri Flyover at the earliest.

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