Roadblock against NH ‘health hazard’
Irate villagers, mostly women, in Nadia’s Santipur blocked NH12 at a railway crossing in Govindapur in the town for an hour on Wednesday to protest the damaged road adjacent to tracks that connects their town with Krishnagar.
Accusing the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the railways of negligence, villagers said the road adjacent to the railway crossing had turned into a muddy stretch full of rubble.
They said apart from frequent accidents, the dust from the damaged stretch had become a public health hazard.
“We have breathing troubles because of the dust,” said a villager who lives close to the road, and added that a few months ago an elderly woman living near the road allegedly died of respiratory distress.
