Nagpur. Street lights across the city have now been switched to LED. The irony is that in many roads, they do not burn and are not being repaired. The street lights on both sides of the service road below the second bridge which starts after the overbridge at Pagalkhana Chowk in Koradi Road is closed for most of the time. Even in the overbridge, the lights are turned off, due to which the kingdom of darkness remains. There is also heavy pressure of vehicles on the service road. Drivers are driving on the basis of headlights of their vehicles.
The fear of accident always remains. Not only this, anti-social elements also become active when the service road becomes dark. Taking advantage of the darkness, they carry out their exploits. People can be seen drinking alcohol at the edges. Some time ago, an attempt was also made to stop a young man working in a private company on the same road at night on the pretext of asking for a lift. Due to darkness, where people are afraid of accidents, there is also a danger of robbery incidents.
concerned department does not care
Citizens have repeatedly demanded from the corporators of the area to install street lights but no attention is being paid to them. The area comes under the municipal limits. Citizens are facing problems due to non-availability of street lights, but the concerned department is also not paying attention. Every day, as soon as it gets dark, groups of anti-social elements sit on the side of the deserted and dark road carrying beer and liquor bottles. Many times there is even a fight between them under the influence of alcohol. In such a situation, if a major incident happens, who will be responsible? Citizens have also demanded to increase police patrolling in the road. Similar is the case with many parts of the Inner Ring Road. Between Chhatrapati Chowk to Manewada Chowk, the street slide of one or the other part remains closed every day. This causes problems for the drivers.