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Mumbai: BJP leader Ameet Satam writes to CM Shinde, Dy CM Fadnavis raising concern about poor roads

BJP leader Ameet Satam has suggested change in tenders for road development in Mumbai. Satam has written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to have proper planning for the same.

Aruneel Sadadekar

Updated Jul 27, 2022, 11:28 IST

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Mumbai: Concerned about the poor road condition in Mumbai, BJP MLA Ameet Satam has written to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to have proper planning for the same. He said that despite spending Rs 21,000 crore in the last 24 years on Mumbai's roads, the condition of Mumbai's roads is deplorable.

Satam wrote to CM Shinde and Deputy CM Fadnavis on July 26 requesting to take immediate steps to improve the road conditions. “I would like to bring to your notice the long pending problem of roads and potholes in the city of Mumbai which has not been resolved due to lack of planning, foresight and thought,” he said.

Suggesting a new tender condition, Satam said, “I would like to request you to instruct BMC to issue only three tenders, one each for Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs and the City instead of small tenders for each road. The terms of the tender should be such that only large infrastructure companies working with the Government of India and NHAI can participate in the tender, which have worked with the BMC for years."

"There should be a provision for making utility corridors in the road tender itself to avoid repeated digging and pitting for laying various utilities like water, gas, electricity, internet etc. It is worth noting that the roads in the city are in a state of disrepair due to continuous, unplanned digging for various reasons," he added.

The BJP leader also highlighted the problem of unorganised hawkers in the city. “The hawkers’ issue has become peculiar and needs to be regulated. Zonal Town Vending Committees have identified hawking zones and made 1.28 lakh hawkers eligible for allotment of hawking pitches.

However, the previous government unwisely suspended the process till the completion of the new 2019 survey. I would like to request you to give the hawking pitches in the designated hawking zone to eligible hawkers and clear our remaining roads and footpaths and a fresh survey can be done at once,” he added. Satam expressed confidence that a logical conclusion to the above two problems will help to successfully solve the long pending issues of the city.

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