Rabindranath Biswas
Kadamtala/ Diglipur, Oct 23: The residents of Katai Dera, Ward No. 04 coming under Gram Panchayat Kadamtala, Middle Andaman have decried failure of authorities to undertake repairs of a dilapidated rural road in the locality.
According to information, the connecting Rural Road from Shri Y. Kunjappan house to Bijoy Bhakta house at Ward No. 04, Katai Dera village under Gram Panchayat Kadamtala has reportedly deteriorated significantly, causing immense hardship for the residents in the area. The residents claimed that the concerned Gram Panchayat’s failure to repair the stretches of this road has sparked widespread outrage among them.
Large swathes of this rural road are lying dangerously strewn with potholes and are becoming awfully unsafe for the residents- especially for pregnant women, children and elderly, the residents lamented.
However, Andaman Sheekha Daily when posed questions to the Pradhan, GP Kadamtala, Smti Nilawati Parh to ferret out the fact and status of the road, she said that she has been putting her best efforts to carry out the repair and maintenance of the road with her perseverance as she is well aware of the hardships being endured by the residents in the area.
She has reportedly already submitted the estimate for the repair and maintenance of the road with a covering letter to the Executive Engineer (PRIs), Mayabunder, N & M Andaman for according the “Technical Sanction” (TS) to the road work, she informed. She will see that the accord of TS and floating of tender are done within the shortest possible time and repair & maintenance of the road is started soon after so that the residents in the area who had voted for her get relief from the inconveniences owing to the dilapidated condition of the road, she affirmed.
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