BJP ‘farms’ rice on potholed roads as protest
August 25th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday “planted” rice saplings and fish eggs in pot holes on a road here to highlight the poor condition of roads across West Bengal.
Groups of slogan-shouting BJP workers carrying party flags joined the protest, with state BJP president Rahul Sinha leading the agitation at the busy Eastern Metropolitan Bypass here.
“The condition of the roads across the state is poor, to say the least. Some craters in the road are as wide as paddy fields while the others are deep enough to be fish ponds. We are doing this to attract the attention of the government which has turned a blind eye to the state of roads,” said Sinha.
Sinha accused the Mamata Banerjee-led state government of being insensitive to the issue and the plight of the people.
“Travelling on roads is important as this (EM bypass) is a nightmare. Often accidents happen because of craters, claiming precious lives. This is true for all roads across the state. The government is just doing nothing.”
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