Daijiworld Media Network- Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Jun 15: It is definitely late but, finally, the authorities woke up and sent their team to repair Kuloor High School Road. The repair work of the road has begun and it is estimated that the road will be usable within two days. Daijiworld.com and Daijiworld TV had broadcast the apathy of the administration towards this road and the plight of the residents, who reside besides the road, which very near to St Antony Church Kuloor.
The officials assured that within two days, the contractors will remove the sludge from the road and close the potholes by using boulders and red stones. As the road is situated on a slope, when rain falls, it washes the soil. The erosion of the soil is the main reason for potholes on this road. They have also requested the residents to avoid driving heavy vehicles on this road for two days as the construction has to set properly.
“Finally the authority noticed our suffering. The repair work started on Friday and we hope the contractor will complete it within two or three days. We know it is difficult to put concrete on this road. So our demand is that the concrete work should start immediately after the rainy season gets over. Once the road is concretized it will help hundreds of residents,” said an elated local resident.
The residents highlight that for over 30 years, they have been using a mud road to commute. This road which connects St Antony High School, St Antony Church and hundreds of houses in the area to the highway is awaiting asphalt from so many years.
The rains made the condition of this road even worse. The road ends up being a sludgy mess, where people can neither walk nor travel on their two-wheelers. Stories of people slipping, people meeting with accidents as their bikes skid is common. Even cars and other vehicles get stuck in the sludge.
St Antony High School is located on this road. Students of St Antony English Medium School also use the same road and find it challenging to attend the school. Akshara Dasoha Centre is situated opposite to the school and a simple task of carrying the food from kitchen to school has become a challenge for the staff due to potholes and sludge on the road. Meanwhile, assurances of getting the road repaired by political representatives have become a joke among residents. Foundation stones were laid three times to concretize this road, but the road still awaits the long promised concrete.
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