Former deputy mayor demands repairs of roads ahead of Muharram

VADODARA: Former deputy mayor and ruling BJP councillor Shailesh Mehta nee Sotta has demanded that the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) should conduct patchwork on roads to repair them at the earliest. He has made the demand in wake of Tazias being installed at various locations in the city.
Mehta pointed out that it was a tradition in the civic body to repair roads ahead of Muharram when Tazias were installed and brought out in the city.He added that this tradition had been stopped since quite some time now.
The former deputy mayor, who switched sides from Janta Dal United to BJP recently — is known to take a tough stance on issues despite being from the ruling party. Mehta said that his queries had revealed that the hot mix plants that prepared material for the asphalt roads and their repairs were not functioning.
According to Mehta, the plant at Harni was closed for maintenance while that at Atladara was also not functioning. Mehta's letter to the VMC commissioner states that plants were kept shut in monsoons and their maintenance was done, but this time around the situation was different.