Ailing road to Contai hospital sparks protest
Over 1,000 villagers in East Midnapore’s Deshapran block on Tuesday morning blocked a part of a 5km-long metal road to protest the delay in repairing the stretch lying damaged for the last two years.
The road is used by over one lakh residents to commute to and from Contai town and hospital.
The protest started at 9am at Raghunathpur village, where the potholes are so deep that the stretch has become prone to “severe flooding” during monsoon. Many villagers planted paddy on the potholed road to highlight the level of flooding.
