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• Better condition of city roads tops the wish list of every denizen. Firstly, if officials of the Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) are to be believed, there are no funds to repair the damaged roads and secondly, the roads damaged during the digging work of Jal Nigam are no concern of VNN.
• According to VNN's chief engineer Upendra Nath Tripathi, there are orders from authorities that Jal Nigam has to repair the roads damaged once the digging work is completed. "Public Works Department (PWD) and VNN applied for a fund of Rs 50 crore each to start the repair work. But it only received a budget of 439 lakh as Calamity Relief Fund to undertake the construction of roads damaged due to rain," informed Tripathi.
• "Thus, there is no fund to repair other roads of the city," added Tripathi. At present, 22 internal roads of the city are undergoing repair work since November 15. These roads are the ones that have been damaged during the monsoon season. They include Ramkatora Crossing, Amarpur Batulohiya Road, Bhairo Nath crossing, Motijheel Road, Lallapura, Old Sankat Mochan Road, Mehmoorganj Road. They would take around 15-20 days to get fully repaired.
• According to Tripathi, the repair work on eight roads at Dhoopchandi, Jaitpura, Sundarpur, Ranipur, Adampur, Sudamapur and Badi Gaibi were stopped with the implementation of the model code of conduct.
• It is worth mentioning here that, due to the transfer of dug-up roads to Jal Nigam for construction, the least damaged roads during monsoons are being repaired at first place while the dug-up and badly damaged roads with potholes and many trough and crests are still in the same state for more than 7-8 months. The roads in Rewdi Talab, Daranagar, Bunkar Colony, Samne Ghat, Nagwa, Chowkaghat, Pandeypur are such major roads that are still awaiting their turn.

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