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Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15 : Apart from disrupting the smooth flow of traffic, the dug up roads in the city are also adding to the financial burden on citizens, as people have to spend more on the maintenance of vehicles which need frequent service after plying on bad roads. The digging of roads for laying of the sewage pipelines has compounded the miseries. It is not possible to commute on the roads where the pipeline has been laid and the place has been covered with mud. It also leads to traffic jams.
The commuters moving towards Talli Morh, New Plot, Sarwal and Patoli bye-pass are worst effected these days as two out of three roads have been blocked due to the digging work.
Garage owners say there has been an increase in number of customers coming for maintenance of vehicles. While some of them complain their vehicles got damaged while driving on bumpy roads, other claim their vehicles met with an accident on dug up roads.
Arvind Mahajan, a government employee, said, "The number of bad roads is rising in the city. And as a result, the maintenance cost of vehicles is also going up." He added that wear and tear charges come down hard on citizen's pockets. Another government employee Manish Sambrial said, "Bad roads have increased our expenses as vehicles either get technical snag or get dent while driving on potholed roads." "Some commuters are also developing orthopedic problems due to driving on bumpy roads," he added.
Manager at a garage, Shammi Singh said, "The number of vehicles with shocker problems and dents coming for repair has gone up."
"While most of the four-wheeler drivers fail to maintain speed control of vehicles on potholed roads, the vehicles then catching various sorts of problems, mostly in shockers and suspensions," he added.
Some commuters also claimed that apart from spending more on maintenance, they have developed backache problems too. The worsen condition of roads can be seen in most of the city areas, becoming a headache for commuters now. Ajay Khajuria, a resident of Sarwal opined that bad shapes of roads are putting at stake the lives of many. He further maintained, "The problem of potholes proves fatal for the riders of two wheelers and two wheelers frequently got slipped if not controlled properly while passing through bad streets. |
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