Work in progress

Potholed roads in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, are in focus. Ahead of the PM's proposed visit to the city on September 18, the district administration is working overtime to repair the roads the PM would take during his return road journey to the airport. Union Minister Piyush Goyal, on his last visit to the city, had categorically stated that while Modi had been chosen as MP from that constituency, the potholes on its roads could not sully his image because, ultimately, the maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the state government.