Roads across Salt Lake have fallen into disrepair and are full of potholes.
The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has not undertaken any repairs in the past year apart from some patchwork in the run-up to Durga Puja.
On Thursday, Metro drove through the township and found roads in all three sectors in a bad state.
Traffic police have placed guardrails and traffic cones ahead of some cratered stretches to ensure motorists and two-wheeler riders don’t drive into them.
Cratered road near GD Block island. Bishwarup Dutta
A huge crater in front of the GD Block island has prompted the police to place a traffic cone in front of it. The surface of the road is broken and the crater is at least one foot deep and four feet across with metal rims of a manhole sticking out.
Huge craters have also formed in front of Tank No. 9 near CK Block.
The roads in all blocks of Sectors I, II and III, too, are in a rundown state.
“It is a big problem riding bikes or driving through these stretches. Craters and potholes make it very risky,” said Subhabrata Karmakar, an EE Block resident.
Officials of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation said a Rs 140-crore road repair proposal for all its 41 wards in Salt Lake and Rajarhat had been sent to the urban development department for approval. “We are waiting for their clearance,” an official said.