PUNE: IT professionals travelling through Wakad to Hinjewadi need to encounter bumpy rides on potholed roads following incessant rain final week.
As a consequence of potholes and waterlogging, site visitors jams have grow to be widespread throughout peak hours at Hinjewadi and Wakad. The state of affairs is worse on service roads of Pune-Mumbai freeway close to Wakad chowk and Bhumkar chowk.
Col Charanjeet Bhogal, chief working officer, Hinjewadi Industries’ Affiliation, stated that the situation of service roads close to Wakad and Bhumkar chowk is dangerous attributable to potholes, inconveniencing working professionals travelling from Wakad, Baner, and close by areas to Hinjewadi. “Round 7-8% of the present IT workforce is working from workplaces. How will the present infrastructure cope if extra folks begin travelling to workplaces?” he stated.
“It’s a nightmare to journey from Baner to Hinjewadi. I spend round 90 minutes travelling on the stretch attributable to potholes, waterlogging and site visitors congestion. It’s stunning that though the IT crowd is but to totally begin working from workplaces, we face main civic and site visitors points,” Dinesh Kothawade, an IT skilled, stated. Makrand Nikam, metropolis engineer, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company, stated that the work on refilling the potholes is underway on the ward degree.
“We obtained just a few complaints relating to potholes in civic limits. Work on filling the potholes is underway,” he stated. Vijay Jadhav, a daily commuter on Wakad-Hinjewadi stretch stated generally many hours are wasted being caught in site visitors jams. Furthermore, waterlogged roads additionally trigger harm to autos.
In accordance with common commuters, the final week’s rain resulted in waterlogging, creating site visitors congestion areas which join phases II and III. Potholes and waterlogging are widespread in elements of Bhumkar Chowk, Hinjewadi Chowk and Laxmi Chowk Highway, amongst different areas.
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