Bad roads: ‘BMP is to blame’
Bad roads: ‘BMP is to blame’
The Times of India
Bangalore: It is official now. Bangalore roads are shoddy and inferior, thanks to the BMP engineers who have flouted norms while carrying out road works. Not only this, the authorities have also bungled while awarding road work contracts.
The three member expert committee that was appointed by the high court to over see the quality of road works in Bangalore has lambasted the BMP for its shoddy road laying works.
The committee’s three retired chief engineers engineers including BMP’s own technical adviser R Jaiprasad have also pointed out the flaws in BMP’s working. According to the observations, BMP engineers have failed to take the note of quality control reports highlighting the flaws in road works.
The committee has recommended that the highest priority has to be accorded to provide tertiary drainage, follow and implement the Transparency Act while processing and awarding contracts for civil works, consultancy services and third party inspection, provide proper and adequate training at intervals to the engineering staff of BMP, undertake proper documentation of road work, execution and maintenance.
The three member expert committee of retired chief engineers was appointed to oversee the quality of roadworks by the then Chief Justice N K Sodhi.
PANEL’S OBSERVATIONS
• Lack of clear-cut instruction to novice engineers who have used unscientific methods in preparing the estimates.
• Least regard to improving the drainage system. Poor drains is the villain for bad roads in many cases.
• Officials do not possess basic handbook of Indian Road Congress (IRC).
• Lack of appropriate technical circulars to guide junior officers to carry out roadwork according to IRC specifications.
• Rules flouted with regard to extension of time.
• No third party was appointed for checking quality
• Eligibility for selection of contractors diluted.
posted by The Bangalorean @ 12/15/2005 06:36:00 AM
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there are good roads. Smooth starting around 3 kms away from home to office, apart from sudden dips and rises along the way but that can by looked over right? Just that the long stretch of road in front of my house was dug about 6 months back to lay underground storm water drains and was filled uneasily but was never tarred. Only in this stretch I have concern. My back hurts, my ironed pant and shirt is dirtied, and my car mechanic informed that the suspension has become weak.
I have fixed a date after the salary day to do the repair on the suspension of the car. Why should I be doing this? I cannot consider this as a maintenance factor due to the frequency of the suspension going faulty. What is the answer and where is the solution?
How many of our roads are well maintained? Why does the government always ignore by-lanes? Why is a stretch of a road tarred overnight, that too shabbily which may last only a month, just before a Minister passes by? Roads surrounding ITPB Bangalore is only partly motorable, filled with sand and mud, trucks parked hazardously, people crossing roads everywhere. I know people should be blamed, but how would one cross a road which does not have a zebra crossing. Yes, I know. How zebra crossing in a road with high traffic movement? But a over bridge would do. We don’t have that.
Did you know that there are a group of people appointed by the corporation to sweep the roads off mud? They sweep the mud and push it to the side which again occupies the road over a short while. Believe me; Goan roads have lesser sand/mud when compared to the sand/mud in the roads of Bangalore!! A beach effect huh?
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