A portion of the Bundelkhand expressway developed deep potholes due to heavy rains here, within a week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the 296-km-long road.
The portion of the road developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep potholes due to rains at Chiriya Salempur in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district on Wednesday night, said UP Expressway Industrial Authority spokesperson Durgesh Upadhyay.
The potholes were repaired instantly and the road opened to traffic, he added.
The authority deployed a team with bulldozers and the necessary equipment to repair the stretch.
When contacted by PTI, District Magistrate Chandani Singh did not respond to calls.
The incident drew criticism, with BJP MP Varun Gandhi questioning the quality of the construction work and seeking action against officials and the companies concerned.
The incident also gave ammunition to the opposition Samajwadi Party and the Congress to attack the government.
Varun Gandhi in a Hindi tweet said, “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.”
Due to the damaged expressway, the opposition leaders took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Prime Minister of India.
“The caving-in of the Bundelkhand expressway just days after its inauguration proves the corruption of the double engine BJP government in the construction of the road. The CM should apologize for endangering the lives of people by inaugurating the half-finished Bundelkhand expressway,” the Samajwadi Party said in a Hindi tweet and also tagged a video.
The UP Congress also targeted the BJP government on Twitter, saying the government had promised pothole-free roads. The development has taken a hit four days after the inauguration of the Bundelkhand expressway.
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