NHAI Says March 2027 for Concrete Roads but Bavdhan Cannot Wait as Accidents Happen Every Single Day
A PMPML bus getting stuck in a massive waterlogged pothole on the service road of the Pune Bengaluru highway near Omkar Garden Chowk in Bavdhan on Wednesday was the final straw for residents who have been enduring the same nightmare every monsoon for years. SaudaGhar team visited the spot in the afternoon and found that despite NHAI deploying a suction pump the issue persisted with waterlogged potholes causing commuters to lose balance car floors to scrape and autos to tilt dangerously. On the nearby service road near HEMRL shoddy roadwork has left sudden holes and rubble on the surface posing serious risks especially to two wheeler riders and low clearance vehicles. Residents described a daily reality of backaches from jolting bus rides, skid and miss events on two wheelers and an accident every single day that goes unreported simply because most are not fatal. Compounding the misery PMC dug up the road to lay a pipeline and removed streetlights leaving the stretch dark and slippery as dug up earth washes onto the already deteriorating road surface every time it rains.
Frustrated by years of zero accountability from elected representatives and government officials, residents have launched an online petition and plan to collect building materials to resurface the road themselves on August 23 saying they cannot wait for the deteriorating road to claim lives. NHAI deputy manager said concreting of service roads on the 23 km Ravet to Warje stretch is in progress with about 5 km near Balewadi Wakad Bhumkar Chowk Punawale and Tathawade already complete and the full project targeted for March next year while blaming continuous rainfall for hot mix plant shutdowns causing delays in pothole filling. Residents however dismissed the explanation saying potholes filled during monsoon wash away within a day or two and demanded that contractors doing shoddy work be penalised and if not then the authorities appointing them must be held accountable. For a community that has been paying taxes and watching the same road disappear every monsoon for eight years, the decision to fix it themselves on August 23 is not an act of frustration alone but a direct indictment of a system that has consistently failed them.
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