Rain and repair bane on NH27

Residents of Jalpaiguri town and those in its suburbs faced acute traffic congestion and in around the town from Thursday to Friday as traffic has virtually come to a standstill on the stretch of NH27 that skirts the town.

On NH27, part of the four-lane expressway planned almost two decades back, there are a number of stretches where the road is yet to be widened and work is still in progress.

According to officers of the traffic police wing in Jalpaiguri, construction work is in progress in different stretches, including the stretch that passes through the outskirts of Jalpaiguri. In addition, the condition of the existing road is already bad, and deteriorated because of incessant downpour. Trucks and other heavy vehicles often break down, causing the congestion.