Panchkula, Sept. 15 -- In a long-awaited breather for Panchkula residents from daily bumpy rides, various civic departments swung into action on Sunday to fix potholes across the city, a day after deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma set a three-day deadline.

The DC had assured Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini during a Saturday review meeting that all potholes will be repaired within 72 hours.

Despite the rain in the morning, teams from the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (PMDA) and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) carried out patch work and began re-carpeting roads near Gandhi Colony gurdwara (leading to Mansa Devi temple), the Panchkula Housing Board light point, Saketri road and several other pothole-riddled ...