Gujarat Orders Time-Bound Road Fixes, Warns of Blacklisting for Shoddy Work

Overview

• The chief minister instructed officials to prioritise filling potholes and repairing damaged roads across highways, cities, and towns.
• Municipal commissioners and deputy commissioners must conduct regular field inspections and submit on-site road condition reports by November 30.
• Temporary RCC diversion roads are to be built wherever bridge construction is underway to maintain traffic flow.
• Contractors whose roads fail during the maintenance guarantee period will face legal action including immediate blacklisting.
• The push followed a video conference with mayors and municipal leaders statewide and builds on recent discipline that blacklisted three contractors alongside more than a dozen other punitive actions this year.