I nave several
times used this column to project the difficulties of my neighbourhood where
for want of a decent road life seemed to have gone haywire. Around five years
ago the Mayor had happened to visit the neighbourhood and had found the Ridge
Road in a deplorable condition so much so that he promised to build a cement
concrete road for the benefit of the residents. More than four years went by
and the new cement concrete road was nowhere in sight. A new election for the
municipal councilors is now in sight. But before that the state elections took
place in which the ruling dispensation, BJP, lost and a state government led by
Indian National Congress is in position.
Last February
when 40 CRPF policemen lost their lives there was a general feeling of outrage
in the country and people assembled at Martyrs’ Memorials in their respective
towns to pay homage. The local MP and the new Minister for Housing and Urban
Development (a Cornell University Graduate and son of former chief minister
Digvijay Singh) happened to visit the Bhopal Memorial which is very close to
Idgah Hills. Some enterprising residents took both of them on a ride on various
Idgah Hills Roads in order to give them a feel of the condition of the roads.
Having seen for themselves the condition they let loose their ire on the
municipality officials and the councilors concerned.
Promptly
roadbuilding material and equipment were sighted on the road. The road building
commenced earlier this month but, alas, it is yet to be completed. The
contractor two works simultaneously and would work each of them for two days
and move on to the other for thenext few days The result wase quite by design
of the contractor we were imprisoned within the confines of our house as he
blocked the exits on both sides.
The road largely
remained undone With the festival of Holi commencing, the work was stopped and
is expected to recommence after 31st March when the last of the
series of festivals “Dol gyaras” is to be celebrated.
One does not
know what action the MP and the Minister are going to take against the contractor
and the officials concerned for the serious inconvenience caused for years
together to the people residing on the Ridge Road. The primary responsibility
should be that of the municipal councilor who should be hauled up. One hopes the minister who is in
charge of Urban Development does something like this so that others in the
municipality look sharp about providing due facilities and conveniences to the
people in good time
No comments:
Post a Comment