Potholed roads wider than 6 metres-plus will also get quick attention here on, promises the BMC. Bombarded with complaints of slow work, the civic body has withdrawn its two-month-old decision of giving the roads department exclusive rights on these roads. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a nodal officer at each of the 24 wards for monitoring and fixing of potholes.

Before monsoon, the BMC gave the roads department full responsibility of fixing potholes on roads of 6-plus meters in width. However, this led to delay in repair works, alleged activists. In a meeting held last week, the BMC administration appointed the assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) at each ward as the nodal officer for repair works, sources said. “Ward officials will use machinery as well as coordinate with the central agency of the roads department,” said AMC P Velrasu.