Starting October 1, the Greater Chennai Corporation will launch a drive torepair potholes and damaged patches of roads at 532 locations.
The civic body will relay bad roads at 253 places where the roads have been handed over by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage board after completion of the work on sewer and water main lines.
In a bid to complete the work ahead of the onset of the northeast monsoon, the Corporation has asked the traffic police to permit heavy vehicles and equipment, required to carry out repair work on damaged stretches, withoutany restrictions.