Contractor fixes broken Maharashtra’s Ulhasnagar roads at personal price | Thane Information – The Occasions of India

ULHASNAGAR: The MMRDA has instructed the street contractor to hold out restore and reconstruction work on newly constructed cement roads value Rs 52 crore in Ulhasnagar, following a number of complaints about substandard development. The corrective motion covers two necessary street stretches—from Kailas Colony to Netaji Chowk and from New English Faculty to Lal Chakki—the place cracks and floor harm had been observed at a number of areas. Following an inspection, the MMRDA directed the contractor to rectify the defects at their very own price. As a part of the restore work, cracks at 21 completely different areas had been crammed, whereas practically 12 cement concrete street panels discovered to be of poor high quality had been utterly dismantled and reconstructed. Sources mentioned a few of these panels had seen defects, together with animal footprints embedded within the concrete, indicating lapses throughout development. The motion adopted complaints by social activist Satyajit Burman of the Ulhasnagar Residents Discussion board, who had repeatedly raised considerations over the standard of the street work. The Ulhasnagar Municipal Company (UMC) has taken sturdy motion towards alleged substandard street development after cracks had been discovered on two key under-construction roads within the metropolis. Performing on complaints and a joint inspection report, the UMC instructed the MMRDA to demolish and reconstruct the broken parts of the roads on the contractor’s price and to fill different cracks. The difficulty additionally gained consideration after it was revealed in TOI on 25 December 2025. Along with panel reconstruction, paver blocks put in in sure sections between the street dividers had been eliminated and changed with cement concrete to make sure higher sturdiness and uniformity. The cement street mission has been underway for over two years. Officers mentioned the MMRDA ensured that every one restore and reconstruction work was carried out in line with high quality requirements and warned that additional motion can be taken if defects had been discovered once more.