WITH the advent of the monsoon around the corner, Thane Municipal Corporation has undertaken a slew of measures to brace up for the likely deluge. The TMC has been granted permission by the district authorities in view of the model code of conduct in the wake of the by polls to the Thane parliamentary seat to carry out essential public works to brace up for the forthcoming monsoons. The civic Public Works Department (PWD) has begun the task of trench filling all over the city to give lasting roads during the monsoons. The companies involved in trench digging to lay their utilities have also been directed to stop damaging the roads any further. "Around 115 kilometers length of trenches are to be filled up by May 30 before the arrival of the monsoons," the CE informed. He added that more than half of the damaged road length is due to works carried out two prominent civic departments, an official told the FPJ. The official also informed that works to fill up trenches have begun in several parts of the city. The trenches on asphalt roads are being given Water Borne Macadum (WBM) treatment to begin with. The task involves an expense of more than Rs 1.4 crore. The corporation will give asphalt treatment to the WBM treated roads at a further expense of around Rs 1.5 crore. The work has already begun on the battered road stretch between Mumbra Kausa bypass junction and Sheelphata that was damaged due to trench digging in the recent past. Trench filling using WBM had already been carried out on this road stretch. Out of the 115 kilometers of trenches, public and private sector telecom and electricity companies have dug up around 53 kilometers of city's rod length. Two departments of the TMC have dug up the remaining 62 kilometers themselves. The civic water supply department has dug up around 50 kilometers of trenches on the city roads to lay its underground water supply pipelines. The sewerage department of the corporation has dug up around seven kilometers of the road stretch.