The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) expressed grief over the death of devotees in the tractor-trolley accident in Kanpur Nagar and asked the state government when the roads in Uttar Pradesh would be free of potholes.
In a statement, CPI-ML state secretary Sudhakar Yadav said the government had announced the time frame to cover/fill the potholes in the roads in the past but none of the roads were repaired.
“During the rain, the roads have suffered further damages and it is impossible for any person to drive safely on these roads. The Public Work Department has been allotted a hefty budget for getting the roads repaired but the officials have not taken any measures and the government is not bothered about the problems being faced by the public,” he said.
Yadav said the Kanpur incident and others like this could have been averted had the roads been repaired.
He said that lack of ambulances and lighting arrangements on the road and delay in carrying out rescue operations were also some of the reasons which increased the casualties in the Kanpur accident case.
Meanwhile, the CPI-ML paid tribute to farmers and the journalist who were killed in the Tikuniya incident in Lakhimpur Kheri on the first anniversary of the incident on Monday and said the families were still waiting for justice.
