The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had approved road resurfacing and construction projects worth ₹688.58 crore for 37 roads across the West, North-West and South-West zones during the financial years 2024–25 and 2025–26. However, over the past two years, work has been completed on just 10 roads at a cost of ₹142.62 crore, sparking concerns over delays, poor supervision and project management.
Contracts for the works were awarded to several agencies, with RKC Infrabuilt handling a major share of the projects. Despite the issuance of contracts, ward-level monitoring by municipal officials has allegedly been lacking, resulting in prolonged disruption and inconvenience for residents.
At present, road works are underway at 27 locations across areas such as New Vadaj, Ranip, Chandlodia, Gota, Bodakdev, Chandkheda and Thaltej. Residents and commuters have complained that large stretches of roads have been dug up, leaving them riddled with potholes and difficult to navigate.
Locals allege that once resurfacing or construction contracts are awarded, ward officials rarely oversee the execution. When approached, officials reportedly claim the projects fall under the road project department, effectively shifting responsibility. Critics say this highlights administrative apathy towards public inconvenience.
With the current municipal corporation’s term nearing its end, corporators across party lines — including the BJP, Congress and others — are making hurried rounds of zonal and central civic offices to push for the completion of pending works from their allotted budgets. Activists, however, point out that corporators have little time left to properly assess the extent of damage caused to roads in their wards in the name of development.
The closure of Subhash Bridge has further intensified traffic pressure on Ashram Road, Nava Wadaj, Ranip, Shahibaug Circle and nearby areas, compounding the daily struggles of commuters and local residents.
Citizens have called for stricter monitoring, time-bound completion of projects and greater accountability from contractors as well as civic officials to address the worsening traffic and infrastructure woes in Ahmedabad.