IIT Team Begins Inspection Of Road Works In Thane

Thane, 28th March 2023: Questions are constantly being raised about the quality of many development works done in Thane city. In this background, the IIT team appointed on the order of Thane Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar has started inspecting the road works in the city. Commissioner Bangar, who has been insisting that the ongoing road works in Thane city should be of high quality with the funds of crores of rupees given by the state government, has taken a strict role for the past few months and has taken action to blacklist a contractor who was doing inferior work a month ago. Therefore, the inspection of the road works started by the IIT team is considered important.

The financial situation of Thane Municipal Corporation has worsened since the time of Corona. Although the expected tax is being collected from various departments of the municipality, this amount is being spent on reducing the liability of the municipality during the Corona period. The municipality had planned road renovation to make the city roads pothole free. But there were not enough funds available in the treasury of the municipality for that. Due to this, the Chief Minister of the state, Eknath Shinde, has provided a substantial fund of Rs 605 crore to the municipality through the government. He has offered this fund intending to make the journey of Thanekar free from potholes. But questions have been continuously raised about the quality of many development works done earlier in Thane city.

Even though crores of rupees have been spent on flyovers, parks, important roads, and squares in the city, the level of Thanekar is disappointing due to substandard work. In this background, since the state government is providing crores of rupees to the municipal corporation for development projects in the city, Commissioner Bangar has taken the position that the quality of the work undertaken will not be allowed to deteriorate under any circumstances. After his order, a team was appointed to audit the road works under the leadership of KV Krishnarao of IIT, and this team started inspecting the road works.

Along with the Thane Municipal Engineer, the IIT team is directly visiting the road works site and taking information about the materials used for the road works. Information is being sought on whether the material used for road works is in proper quantity. The team is visiting the unit where asphalt is being prepared for asphalt roads and checking its quality. Municipal sources informed that the prepared road is being inspected in different ways.