Highlighting the inadequacies of the local authorities and the state of infrastructure in the city, heavy rainfall over two days in Ahmedabad left the city riddled with more than 19,000 potholes.

According to information received from Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), out of a total of seven zones in the city, the east is plagued with the maximum number of potholes – 5,297 followed by 4,388 potholes in the south.

The west zone stands at 3,150 potholes and north at 2,228. However, AMC claimed to have repaired 19,228 potholes out of 19,626. A total of 398 potholes still await repair.

AMC confirmed that 12,218 potholes have been repaired using wet mix, 5,999 using cold mix, 515 using jetpatcher process, 395 using hot mix, and 131 using infrared technology.

For the repairing work, a total of 308 labourers were hired with 39 tractors and 110 vehicles.

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