Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- City mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla on Friday commenced city-wide road recarpeting works, following the opening of 11 tenders totaling Rs.40 crores, aimed at repairing and upgrading critical transport links. Work on the most degraded roads will begin immediately, with a strict deadline to complete all awarded projects within a month after Diwali, she said.

The roads have been classified into three categories of degradation: Very very poor, very poor and poor. Priority has been given to the most urgent repairs, with V4, V5, and V6 category roads already allotted to contractors.

The mayor officially kicked off the initiative by starting recarpeting of V6 roads in Sector 29.

"We understand the importance of smooth, high-...