pune an unusual sight of some policemen wielding shovels and filling potholes on an accidentprone stretch in bavdhan has drawn praise from citizensthe policemen said that they took up the work to ensure smooth movement of vehicles assistant inspector sachin kadam and his team from the pimpri chinchwad traffic polices bavdhan division were seen repairing potholes earlier this weekthe roads get damaged during the monsoon leading to emergence of potholes which often cause hinderance to the flow of traffic along katrajdehu road bypass in bavdhan we hired a machine to prepare a mixture using sand and hot mix we then poured the mixture over the potholes and levelled the road said kadamvitthal kubade assistant commissioner of police pimpri chinchwad traffic department said that along with the bavdhan division officials in other divisions such as hinjewadi wakad and bhosari have also taken up the initiative to fill potholes in their areas sudhir deshmukh secretary pimpri chinchwad coop housing societies federation said while the efforts of the traffic police are praiseworthy it is unfortunate that the pmcs road department has not been paying attention to address our woesnaveen singh an it professional working in hinjewadi said the potholes travelling difficult for twowheeler riders to navigate through traffic without risking a fall there have been times when my car wheels were stuck in potholes said atul tiwari a resident of wakad vg kulkarni head of the pmcs road department was not available for comment however makarand nikam joint city engineer pmc appreciated the work done by the police in repairing potholes but said that his department was not intimated about it