Fill potholes across State before Oct. 15: Maharashtra govt.
The Hindu
Govt. issues direction to officials to take action
The Maharashtra government on Monday directed officials to fill all the potholes across the State before October 15, after facing criticism over the pothole-filled roads and the subsequent traffic jams on the roads leading to Mumbai.
The move comes a day after Eknath Shinde, the Guardian Minister of Thane district, formed a task force to to solve the issue.
Manoj Saunik, the Additional Chief Secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD), issued a direction to the authorities on Monday to fill the potholes using tar before October 15.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.