Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) stating that contractors will be liable for bearing the expenses of repairing roads, filling potholes, and carrying out leveling work in the city.
In such cases, the responsibility for any subsidence or potholes on roads will fully rest on the contractor working at the location.
Contractors will be required to repair potholes on roads immediately. AMC will not tolerate any unnecessary delays in this matter.
They have also mentioned in the SOP that before removing the barricades, the soil, debris, or other materials on the road must be cleared. All service providers who obtain road opening permissions from the municipality for their work must submit an assurance letter before obtaining the R O (Road Opening) permission.
Before starting the work, a safety plan must be created, including traffic diversions. Warning signs must be placed on all sides of the barricading, along with details of the agency and contact information for the safety engineer.
During the work, any extra materials at the site must be removed to ensure that citizens do not face inconvenience in traffic movement. Before starting any work at any location, an underground utility survey must be conducted, and a trial pit must be taken before initiating the work.