Chennai's city officials are now facing penalties contractors who do sloppy road patchwork.
If a contractor messes up, they have to fix it and face a penalty right away. Keep doing it, and they risk losing their contract altogether.
The goal? Better, safer roads before the Northeast monsoon hits.
Chennai repairing 7,000 potholes, 5,000 more
GCC teams have already identified and are repairing nearly 7,000 potholes as part of a ₹22.5 crore project, but heavy rains just revealed 5,000 more that need work.
To keep things smooth (literally), the city will cover costs to make sure new patches match the old road level.
On top of that, there's proposed at an estimated cost of ₹86.5 crore for bigger upgrades, like relaying interior bitumen-topped roads, bus route roads, and interior cement concrete and interlocking pavement roads, to make commuting less bumpy for everyone.