Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, July 26: Amid the current rainy season, the condition of a road starting from old Girls’ Hostel of Ward No. 01 in Navin Nagar under Diglipur Tehsil has significantly deteriorated, posing threat to the lives of the commuters.
As per report, the road is no longer motorable; in fact, a sizable part of the road literally doesn’t exist while other parts have turned hazardous owing to the potholes and damages, lamented the residents of the area.
The residents of the locality further said that they have been making plea after plea to the higher authorities of the Administration for the last couple of years for the urgent recarpeting of the road. However, the road was not repaired even before the onset of the rainy season this year, the residents alleged.
Some residents expressed disappointment with the persistently poor condition of the road, which has remained unaddressed for a couple of years now. Despite the urgent need for road recarpeting, no required actions have been taken. Furthermore, no repair work was carried out by the responsible department prior to the rainy season, ignoring the safety of commuters.
“The road in the area has not been macadmised nor any maintenance of the road has been done since 2014”, a senior citizen of the locality rued. “The Administration seems to have forgotten us”, he further alleged.
“The concerned Department should construct or repair the road which is in utter dilapidated condition on a priority basis as lives are very precious”, the residents urged.
However, when contacted on phone to know the status of the work of the road in question, the concerned Official told Andaman Sheekha Daily that the estimate of the road has been prepared and currently it is in the Technical Section for its further process.
