The New Town authorities are yet to repair stretches of roads that had caved in after being lashed by rain last September.
Last Saturday, an elderly resident of Sukhobrishti Housing Complex who was walking home after shopping for vegetables and groceries, slipped and fell into one of the ditches and was left with a twisted ankle and bruises.
Sandeepan Maity, 65, was taken to a private hospital in New Town by his family, They feared that he had broken his ankle.
“There is very little space left for pedestrians because of encroachment on pavements by hawkers, who have now set up stalls on both flanks of the service lane. Adding to that an e-rickshaw stand has come up there leaving us little space to walk.
