India, March 13 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has begun recarpeting six pothole-prone road stretches across the city instead of repairing individual potholes that were flagged during a drive launched last month, officials said on Thursday.

According to officials, the identified stretches include Sector 18; the 15-metre and 18-metre roads in Sector 23A; internal roads in Sector 39; pockets B, C and D in Sector 21; and Sectors 51 and 46.

According to data by MCG officials, the corporation has allocated around Rs.8.9 crore for the repair work.

Notably, this comes weeks after the MCG launched a 10-day drive on February 19 to repair 5,000 potholes across the city, promising to prioritise complaints received through civic gr...