Recarpet Ludhiana city roads only after removing old layer: Councillors

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 16

With unplanned and repeated recarpeting of roads being done without scrapping the old bituminous concrete layer, the plinth level of a number of houses is now below the road surface in various parts of the city.

Councillor Parvinder Singh Lapran raised this issue, a major concern for many residents, during the MC’s House meeting at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan, Ludhiana, recently.

Whenever it rains, the rainwater flows into these houses, which were once located above the road surface level. The residents have complained multiple times in this regard but the Municipal Corporation (MC) has “ignored the matter”.

Councillor from Ward No. 48, Lapran said the residents complained about the rising road level as the old layer was not dismantled before laying the new bituminous layer.

Expressing concern over the issue, he demanded that the MC House bring a resolution that all roads must be recarpeted only after removing the old layer so that the residents do not face any inconvenience.

A number of affected people have also been forced to get their houses reconstructed as the level of road outside their house was raised with repeated recarpeting in the past years. Besides, several people were forced to raise the level of the roof of their house illegally.

Satish Thaman, a member of the Ludhiana West Grievances Redressal Committee, said, “I had earlier written to the Department of Local Government in this regard but no action has been taken till date.”

“Moreover, the level of manholes in many areas was not corrected after the roads were re-carpeted. Now, those manholes are giving an open invitation to mishaps. All roads should be re-carpeted only after scrapping the old layer(s),” he added.