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Rain and sub-standard material cause Road Patchwork to wear off

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The patchwork done on city roads for chief minister Akhilesh Yadav&#39;s welcome started wearing off on Friday. The route from which the CM had to pass to reach Forest Training Institute was made presentable by the administration overnight. The use of sub-standard material and the incessant rainfall since two days revealed the lax attitude of the administration.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Commuters could be seen having a tough time on the FTI and Deep Cinema Tri-section route in Saket Nagar. The road earlier was ridden with potholes and accident-prone. But district administration never woke up to the problems of until the CM&#39;s visit was announced. The road was then repaired overnight.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">At most of the places patchwork was done and the CM had also postponed his visit from Wednesday to Friday. On Friday, it started raining and again the visit got cancelled. The citizens were surprised to see the newly repaired road wearing off on Saturday.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family:arial; font-size:11px; line-height:1.6em">Meanwhile, the heavy rains caused water logging in several areas. The most affected were Kanpur South especially Juhi Bridge which was completely waterlogged and the traffic movement had to be suspended. The waterlogging also took place in K block in Kidwai Nagar and Tat Mill Crossing, affecting traffic movement which led to huge jam during the peak hours. Water logging had also occurred in Basant Vihar in Naubasta, Yashoda Nagar and other areas of the south city.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Source-On Request</span></span></span></p>