Cuttack, Aug. 2: Resentment is brewing among residents of Nuapada here over bad road conditions.

Two major roads of the area, which falls under ward Nos. 46 and 47 of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) — Jagannath Road and Nuapada Village Road — are in a bad state, causing inconvenience to the local residents, who have now threatened to agitate.

“There are big craters on these roads. It becomes difficult for us to travel from one end to the other of these roads,” said Prasanna Guru, 47, a local resident.

Guru said the roads and buildings division of the public works department had not taken any initiative to repair the Jagannath Road in the last five years.

The Jagannath Road acts as a vital link for the residents of Press Chhak and Naya Bazar via Nuapada. It is also frequently used by commuters to travel towards Khapuria Industrial Estate and NH-5 that connects Cuttack with Bhubaneswar.

“Rainwater gets accumulated on a 500-metre stretch of the road. As a lot of heavy vehicles also use this road, it becomes very difficult for pedestrians to cross it when it is waterlogged,” said Bhola Nath Das, another local resident.

The roads and buildings division authorities have also admitted there was delay in the execution of repair work. They have, however, assured that the repair work would be taken up soon.

“The repair work of Jagannath Road is likely to begin shortly and is expected to be completed within two months,” said roads and buildings division executive engineer R.N. Sahu.

Sahu said a company that recently carried out the construction of a flyover at Naya Bazar would undertake the work to repair the Jagannath Road and a stretch of another road from Naya Bazar to Kaliaboda at an estimated cost of Rs 4 crore. Commuters are also having a harrowing time while travelling on the Nuapada Village Road.

Travelling on the potholed road has become especially dangerous at night because of lack of streetlights. “The streetlights have remained dysfunctional here for the last one year. There have been at least five accidents on the potholed Nuapada Village Road after sunset in the last two months,” said Gitanjali Nayak, a homemaker and a local resident.

However, councillor of ward No. 46 Santosh Bhola said while a portion of the road had already been repaired, repair work on the remaining stretch would be done within a month.

“The tender process for the repair of the road was cancelled five times, which has subsequently delayed the work. However, a tender worth Rs 15 lakh has been approved this time and the repair work will be completed here within a month,” Bhola said.