India, Aug. 21 -- The Gurugram metropolitan development authority (GMDA) on Wednesday issued directions to all its contractors, and officials to ensure potholes are fixed and damaged stretches of all master roads are repaired with patch work by September 15. The authority said that road repair work was delayed due to ongoing rain and since the rain has abated directions have been issued to finish the work.

Arun Dhankhar, chief engineer, GMDA said that during monsoon, the potholes and damaged stretches were repaired with substrate material but due to waterlogging, this repair work got damaged and led to potholes.

"We have directed the contractors and officials to start work and ensure that patch work is carried out on all master roads of...