kolkata the death of a couple on a bike after being hit by a minibus while dodging potholes on cgr road has brought the focus on the state of roads in and around the truck corridor of kidderpore that is riddled with craters and uneven roads turning it into a death trap for motorists to make things worse many of the stretches are dark lined with illegally parked vehicles and have limited policemen manning traffic toi on monday travelled through the potholed terrain to highlight the daily pains of motoristsat cgr road and sick lane crossing where md kalim and reshma khatun met with the accident while negotiating a crater potholes dominate the road the stretch is not only full of craters but is extremely bumpy and full of loose stone chips and gravel where bikers often skid the death of the youngsters should jolt the authorities into fixing the stretch immediately said sheikh javed a resident of metiabruz who rides along the stretch dailymoving towards kidderpore the stretch of coal dock depot road till sonarpur road is dotted with potholes particularly the stretch near jainkunj its a pity seeing the state of cars and bikes plying on the road where axles get broken and tyres get damaged everyday said bahadur prasad who runs a car repairing shop in the areaat hyde road there is a huge traffic load throughout the day cops blamed the potholes for slow traffic movement there are long snarls as truckers and bus drivers have a tough time negotiating the terrain said an officerlast august the son of the local councillor ram pyare ram died when a truck toppled on his car while the driver was navigating a dock east boundary road stretch dotted with cratersfollowing the incident syama prasad mookerjee port smp the custodian of the road had taken up largescale repairs and put up boards with the name and number of the executive engineer in charge of road maintenance however toi found the boards were also brokensmp sources said they have spent over rs 100 crore in the last few years on thorough repairs of the stretches and have asked engineers to check if more areas have undergone damages however on being asked there was no official comment from the smp spokesperson