Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Calcutta traffic police list damaged roads ahead of Durga Puja
Calcutta is a very big city.
It rains a lot there during the monsoon season.
The heavy rain has made holes in many roads.
These holes are called potholes.
The traffic police have been asked to find the bad roads.
They will take photos of them and make a list.
The government wants the roads fixed before Durga Puja.
Durga Puja is a big festival that starts on October 16.
All repairs must be done by October 10.
The police will tell the people who fix roads exactly where the problems are.
Traffic guards across Calcutta and its added areas have been asked to identify damaged roads, poorly lit stretches and locations without median dividers.
Traffic officers will photograph affected stretches and submit compiled reports to the traffic police headquarters at Lalbazar.
The state government has directed that all road repairs be completed by October 10, six days before Durga Puja begins on October 16.
On July 28, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari held a meeting with officials and instructed them to complete repairs by the deadline.
Potholes have developed on stretches of Ballygunge Circular Road, Beleghata Main Road, Rashbehari Connector and EM Bypass after prolonged waterlogging.
A preliminary list of damaged roads has reached the PWD, with photographs uploaded to a common portal.
The Met office has forecast heavy rainfall in north Bengal and widespread showers across south Bengal in the coming days.
- Who
- Kolkata Police traffic officers and the state administration led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, including West Bengal's PWD and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
- What
- Compiling a list of damaged roads, poorly lit stretches and locations lacking median dividers so repairs can begin when the rains stop.
- When
- Lists are being compiled now; all road repairs must be completed by October 10, and Durga Puja begins on October 16; a review meeting was held on July 28.
- Where
- Calcutta and its adjoining areas, with reports sent to the traffic police headquarters at Lalbazar.
- Why
- To repair monsoon-damaged roads and ensure adequate lighting and road infrastructure before the Durga Puja festival.
- Repair deadline
- October 10, six days before Durga Puja
- Durga Puja start
- October 16
- Assessment meeting
- July 28, chaired by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari
- Damaged stretches named
- Ballygunge Circular Road, Beleghata Main Road, Rashbehari Connector, EM Bypass
- Report destination
- Traffic police headquarters, Lalbazar
- Coordinating bodies
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation roads department and PWD
- Weather outlook
- Heavy rainfall forecast for north Bengal; widespread showers across south Bengal