It is pathetically true that
we are a society that
practice and witness devotion towards the mighty and powerful and negligence towards the common insignificant man.
Take a look anywhere in and around the city or the state itself, roads that are frequently used by the echelons of the state are always in very good condition.
A small amount of wear and tear or at times even none is being taken care of by the authority concerned. To substantiate the above, take a look at the Oxford Hill road which was in a very good condition and needed no repair or black topping but was recently given a smooth coating of black topping.
Interestingly just a few metres away an important junction that leads to and from Bishnupur, Last Bus Stop, Kenches Trace, Railbong and from Oxford Hill is really in need of repair.
The pathetic condition of the point that leads to Bishnupur is felt not only by drivers and passengers but also by pedestrians.
Its been in this pathetic state not for months but perhaps years now.
In spite of that neither the Rangbah Shnong nor the concerned authority bothered to get it repaired. They would rather turn a blind eye.
The road is not so wide and there are a number of water pipes that makes it impossible for a footpath. Therefore it becomes even more dangerous for pedestrians as they have to steer clear from vehicles as well as the crater.
There is always some kind of digging and repair works of water pipes that take place around that belt.
With the work done the crater is either left unattended or conveniently filled with the unearthed soil and stones thereby giving temporary respite that lasts only for a day or two.
Like my fellow co-passengers, I cannot help but wonder over the insensitivity of the concerned authority.
One would also like to mention here that the PHE department have been very callous with their works.
An entire stretch from the Bishnupur market point trailing all the way to Railbong (alongside Sankardev College) suffered severe digging due to laying of water pipes.
This was done about a couple of months ago and till date no repair had been carried out except covering of the crater with unearthed soil.
Again it appears that no action from the authorities concerned have been taken to mend the road just as quickly as the road had been dug.
Thankfully logs of wood and essential materials for road repair have been seen stacked at Bishnupur market.
One has been hopeful that perhaps repairing work would be carried out within a day or two but ironically the road repair materials have been lying untouched for quite some time.
Yet one is hopeful that the work will start very soon and the general public will be rid of inconveniences of bad roads.
Well, again keeping optimism intact, one is hopeful that the road gets repaired at the earliest possible time.
(Contributed By
Jenniefer Dkhar)