Kolkata, September 27: KMC will not have to wrap up their repairing of road works before September 30, which is the new deadline. According to a Times of India report, the earlier deadline was September 27, a day before Mahalaya. The incessant rain in the city is hampering the repair work because it is washing away the fresh layer of materials being put on the potholes. Kolkata Durga Pujo Clubs Take Measures Like Constructing Rain Proof Planks to Prevent Pandal Hoppers From Stepping into Puddles.

Mayor Firhad Hakim inspected all the roads, got down from his car several times and advised the men to finish the work before the Durga Puja starts. During Durga, the city gets lakhs of visitors who are out on the roads to visit the Durga Puja pandals. The Mayor conducted a five-hour-long survey for 128 roads and passed on the necessary information to the civic officials.

Durga Puja club associations are taking measures to protect their pandals from rains and also not spoil the experience of the people coming to their pandals. The shower in Kolkata over the last two days has left puddles in areas where major Durga Puja pandals are coming up

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