accident it is ctc employees who have to bear the brunt said saha ctc managing director pk chattopadhyay said several letters had been sent to hooghly river bridge commissioners hrbc for paving the stretch with concrete but nothing had come of it some emergency repairs were carried before the pujas but a more thorough job is needed to not only reduce breakdowns but also curb accidents he said why the 3 km stretch has not been paved while long stretches on hazra road and judges court road and alipore road from which tram services have been withdrawn were paved with concrete incidentally beyond subodh mullick square the remaining stretch comprising nirmal chandra street and bidhan sarani are also paved the three worst sections of the track are at bata turning point sn banerjee road intersection and opposite wellesly hotel on rafi ahmed kidwai road in the first two the difference in level between the track and the asphalt road slows down traffic to a trickle and in the latter the road between the tracks has caved in if the stretch improves not only will traffic flow become smooth it will also reduce accidents we have made several requests to kolkata municipal corporation and ctc but nothing has happened yet said a traffic sergeant posted in the locality a senior hrbc official said the decision to pave the stretch needed to be taken by the state transport and finance departments we merely execute the order i too hope the government sends us the required approval for concretization of tram tracks on this busy stretch the hrbc official said