The statesman 28.04.2013
KMC may widen roads in south Kolkata
KOLKATA, 28 APRIL: The Kolkata Municipal
Corporation (KMC) has proposed to widen Judges Court Road and Sadananda
Road in south Kolkata for smooth movement of traffic. Civic authorities
have already decided to widen Camac Street and work is likely to start
soon.
Senior officials of the Roads Department today conducted a
survey of the road. The pavement is wide and never fully utilised.
Civic officials said the pavement would be narrowed down. They added
that the volume of traffic has gone up alarmingly over the past few
years and south bound vehicles to the central business district take
Sadananda Road, Harish Mukherjee Road and Gokhale Road to reach Rabindra
Sadan. From there they either go straight to Esplanade or take a left
turn and reach BBD Bag via Red Road. Traffic jam at Sadananda Road and
Rashbehari Avenue intersection has become a daily feature and unless
steps are taken now it will be difficult to manage traffic two years
hence. They said on various roads the pavements have been narrowed down
to widen the thoroughfare like Mahendra Road, Townshend Road and
Bakulbagan Road.
Senior police officers of traffic department said
in certain pockets traffic jam has become a regular feature and the
situation will not improve unless the road is widened. They said they
have requested KMC authorities to prepare a scheme and take up the issue
seriously. They added traffic movement cannot be improved by deploying
more constables and sergeants as the roads are unable to carry such
volume of traffic any more.