Dodging potholes on this stretch a back-breaking exercise for motorists

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 23

Travelling on the stretch of road from Transport Nagar to Bulandpur village is nothing short of a nightmare for people travelling on this path. An interaction with people residing in the nearby areas highlighted the pitiable state of the road. Reaching the other side of the road is a back-breaking exercise for the commuters. The vehicles are likely to take a toss due to the bumpy road.

It seems that the road was never constructed. The residents living nearby said they were wary of crossing the road and most of the time avoided going to the other side even if there was work.

It is as if the residents of Bulandpur are completely cut off from the entire city. They have to find other ways to reach various parts of the city.

A shopkeeper, Pankaj Kumar, said he had witnessed several people falling off their vehicles and then complaining to the councillor of the ward. “One can imagine the sorry state of affairs with the fact that a truck going to Bulandpur takes longer than usual to reach there. I have to go there several times to sell things, but it is such a painstaking task that I have to think twice before going to Bulandpur,” he said.

He said people who are suffering from cervical and back pain don’t even dare to pass this road. Risha Saini, councillor of the ward, said the tender for the construction of the road has been already floated. “The project will be completed within a budget of Rs 75 lakh and the work on the same will be started in a month or so,” she said. The councillor said the residents of the area were a harried lot due to the battered state of the road.