Vallabh Bhavan – Bhopal – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion Last time the roads of many cities of the state had turned into potholes in light rains. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to call a meeting regarding the condition of the roads in the capital. Taking a lesson from this, this time the Public Works Department has planned to take action in the form of a campaign in the rains to keep the roads pothole free. Under this, by doing ‘preventive maintenance’ (pre-maintenance) before the rains, potholes will not be allowed in the roads. If there are potholes due to any reason, they will be identified at the initial stage and maintenance will be done in the rainy season itself. In this regard, Principal Secretary of Public Works Department Sukhvir Singh has issued orders. Officers will be personally responsible for the roads 750 The Quality Control Cell of the Public Works Department has planned to run a campaign to make the roads pothole free during the rains. Under this, proper division of roads will be done among field staff. At the divisional level, all the roads of the department will be distributed rationally among the Deputy Engineer, SDO and Executive Engineer. For whose monitoring the officers for the concerned road will be personally responsible. Similarly, the officers will be given the responsibility of the roads of the Road Development Corporation.

preventive Maintenance will be done All engineers will inspect their roads and collect information about weak parts, cracks, leveling etc. Based on the inspection report of the roads, the report will be sent by the Executive Engineer and Superintending Engineer to the concerned contractor for preventive maintenance and will be directed for preventive maintenance. Despite this, there will be a provision of penalty if there are potholes in the roads. , 1634898887Senior officers will conduct surprise inspection of roads1634898887 All the Deputy Engineers, SDOs, Executive Engineers and Engineers of Road Development Corporation are doing their work in the rain. Will do surprise inspection of our roads in a week. Will send its report to the senior office. For maintenance roads, the concerned selected contractor will be directed. Divisions will be divided at the zone level. Senior officers will also inspect the roads. Control Rooms to be set up 1634898887 Control rooms will be set up in the chief engineer’s office at the zone level for continuous monitoring of roads and quick action during rains. Here one officer of the level of Executive Engineer and Assistant Engineer will be appointed full time along with the necessary staff. Information about the damage to the roads in rain will be sent to the control room immediately. From where instructions will be issued to the concerned contractor for rectification.
Officers and contractors will join the WhatsApp group WhatsApp groups will be formed officially at the division/zone level. In which all the subordinate departmental officers including the representatives of the contractors and the chief engineer will join. The officials will share the information along with geotagged photos of the damaged road on WhatsApp. The information received in the control room will also be shared in the group of the concerned area. The contact number of the control room will also be available for public representatives and general public. , 1634898887Penalty for not improving within the time limit 1634898887 Repair of roads of Public Works and Road Development Corporation is not done within the time limit Penalty will be imposed on the concerned contractor. Action will also be taken to blacklist them. Its weekly report will be monitored by senior office. At the same time, a state-level control room will also be set up to take quick cognizance of situations of floods, heavy rains, large-scale waterlogging, damage to bridges and culverts. ,