90% of manholes defy norms at Nagar Road
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Jul 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
Despite the strict order by the
Bombay High Court in June 2018 asking all civic bodies to ensure manholes are corrected and fitted with metal nets and grating, the
Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) seems to have turned a blind eye towards the order. The order was meant to ensure the safety of commuters, and that people don’t fall into open drains during the monsoons it was the outcome of the tragic death of Dr Deepak Amrapurkar from Mumbai who had fallen into a manhole.
However, the
road department of PMC has clearly not taken the court order seriously as several roads in the city continue to have uneven and broken manholes with broken or missing ductile iron gratings.