Residents of Rajguru Nagar resent insanitary conditions

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, April 19

Residents of Rajguru Nagar, a colony developed and maintained by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT), on Ferozepur Road are forced to live in unhygienic conditions for the past over one month. Despite several representations and complaints lodged with senior functionaries and officials of the LIT, including its chairman, superintending engineer and SDO concerned no remedial measures have been taken till date.

Residents maintain that though the façade of the entry point of the colony from Ferozepur Road looks inviting, the real picture of utter neglect, insanitary conditions, heaps of garbage, debris and fallen foliage greets the visitors. “There is no regular collection and disposal of garbage. Residents are living in unhygienic conditions with the threat of break out of diseases looming large on their heads,” says PS Bhogal, a resident.

Residents maintain that though development works such as maintenance of parks and carpeting of roads were being executed in the colony sanitation was being neglected for reasons known only to the officials and political functionaries of the LIT.

“I wonder why the RWA is not taking up the matter at the appropriate level,” said another resident.

“The development works have been carried out with public money and it seems ridiculous to put up sign boards expressing gratitude to the political leaders for these works,” remarked Bhogal.

LIT Superintending Engineer Buta Ram said tenders had already been invited for sanitation work in Rajguru Nagar and these would be opened and work allotted to eligible bidder in next 2-3 days. “Regular sweeping along with collection and disposal of garbage will be put in place in next few days,” he claimed.