Nagpur: A portion of a busy road in front of military canteen near Kasturchand Park, which connects west Nagpur with east, caved in, creating a hole that can swallow a car. The site, which houses military canteen, offices of the forest department and BSNL, is just a few metres away from the construction site of the Y-shaped flyover being constructed by MahaMetro.
As the road is alongside the Kasturchand Park, the hole is not only putting thousands of vehicles plying on it in danger but also posing threat to hundreds of children coming here to play.
TOI brought this to the notice of municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B and NMC’s superintending engineer (SE) Manoj Talewar. Talewar said a thorough investigation will be conducted. “First we need to find out the reason for the road caving-in by broadening its mouth,” he said and added that engineers from Mangalwari zone have been given the task to inquire into the issue.
On Tuesday even, the Mangalwari team informed the Talewar that they could not carry out inspection of the site as a car was found parked over the hole. The SE said barricades will be placed around the pit and the site will be dug out on Wednesday to ascertain the exact cause of the cave-in.
“If the NMC did not act swiftly, a major accident is certain,” said Ritesh Taksande, who was the first person to spot the hole.
He said the city is witnessing rapid infrastructure development with flyovers and metro train. This questions the quality of works being executed in the city, he said and urged the need to ensure quality works for the safety of citizens and commuters.
Sources said a sewerage pipeline has been overflowing for the last many years near the spot. This might have resulted in the layer of soil below the road become soft, causing the cave-in.
This is not the first such case in the city. In the past too, many roads, including the busy Alankar Square too had caved-in. Similarly, the damage to the British-era trunk line of sewerage line between Maskasath Chowk to Raut Chowk. In 2020, TOI had reported that this busy road had started to cave in at four places, making it a potential death trap.
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