Re-carpet road near Ludhiana Clock Tower: Traders

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 4

A group of shopkeepers staged a protest against the Municipal Corporation for failing to re-carpet a dilapidated stretch between Rekhi Cinema Chowk and Mata Rani Chowk (near Clock Tower) on the Old GT Road, Ludhiana. The stretch was earlier dug up for installation of storm water drainage pipes but the MC failed to reconstruct it till date.

The shopkeepers said mishaps are common on the stretch as the civic body turned a blind eye towards the situation. During the rainy season, the stretch had caved in at different points and some vehicles had got stuck there too.

Bittu Gumber, president of a shopkeepers’ association, said, “The shopkeepers and commuters are a harried lot due to bad condition of the road. Thus, we staged a protest today. We have also submitted a memorandum to the MC’s Zonal Commissioner Jasdev Singh Sekhon who has assured us that road re-carpeting work would be started very soon.”

Another shopkeeper said, “The situation is too bad on the stretch that has not been even levelled properly. There is no safety for the commuters on the stretch. We want the MC authorities to take immediate steps for the re-carpeting of the dilapidated condition the road stretch.”