A section of the road that leads to Jessore Road from Bangur Avenue caved in at the crossing of Lake Town Road and Jessore Road on Thursday afternoon, a day after the city was lashed with heavy rain.
Buses, cars, two-wheelers and autorickshaws crawled as police erected guardrails around the caved-in portion.
The section that caved in measured more than six feet in width and was at least three feet deep.
“We immediately alerted South Dum Dum Municipality and asked them to send a team for repairs,” an officer of the commissionerate said.
A team of labourers and an earthmover arrived at the spot around 12.30pm and started repairs. The labourers first laid a layer of bricks on the caved-in portion, after which the earthmover placed some soil to level it out.
“We have done temporary repairs. We will do patchwork repairs at night and we might have to shut down the road for it,” said an official of South Dum Dum Municipality.
