Congress starts WhatsApp stir against potholes
The Delhi Congress on Tuesday launched its "JaagoYaBhaago" campaign to protest against potholes on city roads by displaying a fake crocodile and shark in a Munirka pothole on the Outer Ring Road.Symbolic protest by the Congress, to highlight the fact that Delhi roads have become dangerous like crocodiles and sharks, was witnessed by a large number of party workers, leaders and local residents at the launch of the #JaagoYaBhaago campaign.Death of a motorcyclist from Uttam Nagar on the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur road in Vasant Kunj on July 30 is being attributed to a huge pothole.
WhatsApp campaign on potholes getting 'big' response: Delhi
WhatsApp campaign on potholes getting 'big' response: DelhiPolitics over potholes in the city continued today with Delhi Congress claiming that it has received a "tremendous response" from people over the past two days on its social media protest campaign against PWD and MCD."Workers of the party put fake crocodiles into potholes in Zakira Chowk, Najafgarh Road and Moti Nagar areas," DPCC chief Ajay Maken said.Senior Congress leader Chattar Singh claimed, "There has been a tremendous response to the #JaagoYaBhaago campaign on WhatsApp, as 1,000 photos and thousands of messages from all over Delhi on the pathetic condition of Delhi roads have already been received."
BMC releases engineers' WhatsApp numbers for potholes complaints
MUMBAI: The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday published a fresh list giving out mobile numbers of road engineers in every ward where citizens can raise pothole related complaints.This however comes after the BMC on July 22 this year published the personal mobile numbers of roads engineers in the newspaper without their consent.Several civic road engineers raised grave objection to this and some of them even wrote to the BMC higher administration objecting to it as they started getting messages on WhatsApp from citizens on 'random' issues and not only potholes on roads.The BMC then decided to provide the engineers with new mobile numbers where citizens can complain and also made it clear that the earlier list is adjourned.However this time the list of mobile numbers was provided without any names of any road engineers.
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