The Times of india  19.08.2010

KOLKATA: Two more cave-ins on prominent thoroughfares on Wednesday kept KMC on tenterhooks. Even as KMC's drainage department was struggling to repair the heavily damaged sewerline at Council House Street, its roads department received reports about subsidence at Brabourne Road and the intersection of Syed Amir Ali Avenue and Nasiruddin Road.

A team of KMC roads department officials rushed to Brabourne Road in the morning to repair the damaged road, causing traffic snarls.

KMC engineers took temporary measures to fill up the caved-in portion of the road.

KMC's drainage department engineers have been struggling to repair the brick sewerline at Council House Street, which collapsed on Tuesday.

"It seems to be an uphill task for us to repair the damaged sewerline. We are trying our best to find a temporary solution to keep traffic flowing," said a KMC engineer engaged in the repair work. Though mayor Sovan Chatterjee had said on Tuesday that the entire Council House Street would be opened to traffic within a week, KMC's MMiC (drainage), Rajib Deb, said on Wednesday that the civic body would take at least 15 days to repair the sewerline.

Worse, two new stretches of Council House Street adjacent to the caved-in site showed signs of possible cave-ins. "We are keeping vigil on the entire stretch of Council House Street after a portion of the road caved-in on Tuesday," Deb said.