Road rage against civic woes
Residents of two districts on Thursday were forced to block roads to draw the administration’s attention to basics such as road and drainage woes.
Nearly 2,000 residents of Murshidabad’s Mahalandi, Sherpur, Sankarpur and Gatla villages on Thursday morning blocked the Haldia-Farakka state highway in Khargram, protesting the administration’s refusal to either reopen the nearby Jibanti-Sherpur highway or address people’s complaints.
The Jibanti-Sherpur highway in Kandi was closed indefinitely on June 3 by district authorities citing safety concerns over huge craters on the road.
