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Ranchi: Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has introduced a new road management system titled “One Road – One Team – One Responsibility”, under which 10 major and high-traffic roads of the city will be monitored by dedicated teams to improve cleanliness, safety and overall upkeep.Under the initiative, Dedicated Road Management Teams (DRMTs) have been constituted, with one team assigned to each selected road. An assistant engineer (AE) has been appointed as the nodal officer for every road, making the officer the single point of accountability for all works and issues related to that stretch.According to RMC, the move aims to address long-standing problems arising from fragmented responsibility, where multiple departments worked on the same road without clear coordination.
Each DRMT will include officials from sanitation, encroachment control, horticulture, water supply, building and estate, food safety, advertisement regulation, public toilets and field operations. The progress of all 10 roads will be reviewed weekly.In the first phase, the system covers major corridors including Kutchery Chowk–Rajendra Chowk, Rajendra Chowk–Birsa Chowk, Kutchery Chowk–Piska More, Ratu Road–Argora Chowk, Kutchery Chowk–Booty More, Karamtoli–Morabadi–Lok Bhavan–Ranchi University loop, and Albert Ekka Chowk–Kokar Chowk via Lalpur, among others.
RMC officials said the teams will be responsible for road and footpath maintenance, drainage cleaning, waterlogging control, street lighting, encroachment removal, sanitation, greenery, regulation of hoardings, upkeep of public toilets and monitoring of food stalls. Digital tools, including photo, video and drone-based monitoring, will also be used for inspections. RMC administrator Sushant Gaurav said, “Each identified road will now have a dedicated team and a nodal officer to ensure clear accountability.
Weekly reviews will help address civic issues on time and improve coordination for better road management.”
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