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Portion of Bundelkhand expressway develops potholes because of rains, days after opening by PM Modi

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By PTI

JALAUN: A portion of the Bundelkhand expressway developed deep potholes because of heavy rains right here, inside per week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the 296-km-long street.

The portion of the street developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep potholes because of rains at Chiriya Salempur in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district on Wednesday evening, mentioned UP Expressway Industrial Authority spokesperson Durgesh Upadhyay.

The potholes have been repaired immediately and the street opened to site visitors, he added.

The authority deployed a group with bulldozers and mandatory gear to restore the stretch.

When contacted by PTI, District Magistrate Chandani Singh didn’t reply to calls.

The incident drew criticism, with BJP MP Varun Gandhi questioning the standard of the development work and in search of motion towards officers and the businesses involved.

The incident additionally gave ammunition to the opposition Samajwadi Party and the Congress to assault the federal government.

Varun Gandhi in a Hindi tweet mentioned, “If the expressway built at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore cannot withstand even five days of rain, then serious questions rise on its quality.”

“The head of the project, the engineer concerned and responsible companies should be summoned and action be taken against them,” he added.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a Hindi tweet mentioned, “This is a sample of the quality of the BJP’s half-finished development. The Bundelkhand expressway was inaugurated by big people and within a week huge pits of corruption came out on it. It is good that the runway was not built on it. The caving-in of the Bundelkhand expressway just days after its inauguration proves corruption of the double-engine BJP government in the construction of the road. The CM should apologise for endangering lives of people by inaugurating half-finished Bundelkhand expressway,” the Samajwadi Party mentioned in a Hindi tweet and in addition tagged a video.

The UP Congress additionally focused the BJP authorities on Twitter, saying the federal government had promised pothole-free roads.

The improvement has taken successful after 4 days of inauguration of the Bundelkhand expressway, it mentioned.

On the day of inauguration of the Bundelkhand expressway, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav had attacked the Yogi Adityanath authorities alleging corruption within the “half-finished” venture.

PM Modi had inaugurated the 296-km-long expressway on July 16.

JALAUN: A portion of the Bundelkhand expressway developed deep potholes because of heavy rains right here, inside per week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the 296-km-long street.

The portion of the street developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep potholes because of rains at Chiriya Salempur in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district on Wednesday evening, mentioned UP Expressway Industrial Authority spokesperson Durgesh Upadhyay.

The potholes have been repaired immediately and the street opened to site visitors, he added.

The authority deployed a group with bulldozers and mandatory gear to restore the stretch.

When contacted by PTI, District Magistrate Chandani Singh didn’t reply to calls.

The incident drew criticism, with BJP MP Varun Gandhi questioning the standard of the development work and in search of motion towards officers and the businesses involved.

The incident additionally gave ammunition to the opposition Samajwadi Party and the Congress to assault the federal government.

Varun Gandhi in a Hindi tweet mentioned, “If the expressway built at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore cannot withstand even five days of rain, then serious questions rise on its quality.”

“The head of the project, the engineer concerned and responsible companies should be summoned and action be taken against them,” he added.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a Hindi tweet mentioned, “This is a sample of the quality of the BJP’s half-finished development. The Bundelkhand expressway was inaugurated by big people and within a week huge pits of corruption came out on it. It is good that the runway was not built on it. The caving-in of the Bundelkhand expressway just days after its inauguration proves corruption of the double-engine BJP government in the construction of the road. The CM should apologise for endangering lives of people by inaugurating half-finished Bundelkhand expressway,” the Samajwadi Party mentioned in a Hindi tweet and in addition tagged a video.

The UP Congress additionally focused the BJP authorities on Twitter, saying the federal government had promised pothole-free roads.

The improvement has taken successful after 4 days of inauguration of the Bundelkhand expressway, it mentioned.

On the day of inauguration of the Bundelkhand expressway, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav had attacked the Yogi Adityanath authorities alleging corruption within the “half-finished” venture.

PM Modi had inaugurated the 296-km-long expressway on July 16.