Waterlogged roads belie Pune Municipal Corporation’s monsoon preparedness claims

Following complaints about storm-water drains, the civic administration had laid pipes and dug up footpaths to connect water outlets to storm-water drains to prevent waterlogging. However, water continued to be collected on the roads. In some places, chambers of storm-water drains were reconstructed in a way that they were above the surface of the road. So water got surrounded around the chambers instead of getting drained.

“The PMC administration had claimed that it had identified the waterlogging spots and done necessary improvement work. However, the work done on the road connecting the Mhatre bridge to the Rajaram bridge was of poor quality and this was pointed out to the civic administration. Last evening’s rain exposed the work,” said Vivek Velankar, a civic activist.