Fixed by villagers, road awaits fitness report
A 20km-long stretch of Jibanti-Sherpur road, repaired for Rs 80 lakh raised by villagers, remains closed over an administrative bottleneck.
Murshidabad district administration has refused to allow traffic there, citing the lack of an “inspection report”.
The road that links the district to Rampurhat in Birbhum was closed to traffic since June 3 as the administration felt allowing traffic on the crater-ridden stretch would lead to accidents.
The decision inconvenienced more than 1 lakh residents of the Jibanti-Sherpur area. When repeated pleas for repairs went in vain, villagers raised funds on their own, and repaired the road over a month ago.
