Road cave-in: Traders protest slow pace of sewer repair work

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 26

Accusing the civic body of carrying out the sewer repair work at a slow pace after a big portion of the road caved in last month in Deep Nagar, here, shopkeepers staged a protest against the Municipal Corporation on Friday.

The protesters blamed the civic body for delaying the work as the way leading to their shops from Dandi Swami Chowk is lying blocked due to the ongoing work since October 28. The shopkeepers said their businesses were getting affected due to the slow pace of repair work.

Two school students (siblings) riding on an Activa scooter had fallen into a suddenly appeared crater as the road portion had caved in Deep Nagar on October 28. Later, the MC had found that its old brick sewer line has got damaged. The MC had then started the work to install the new sewer line in place of the damaged sewer line. The water supply pipes were also to be replaced with the new ones.

Denying the allegations, MC SDO Anshul Garcha said the repair work had almost been completed and it was being done carefully. “The new sewer and water supply pipes have been installed. The soil compaction is being done in a proper manner. Within just three-four days, remaining house connections would be linked and then vehicular traffic will be resumed,” he said.

Two students had fallen into crater

Two school students (siblings) riding an Activa scooter had fallen into a suddenly appeared crater as the road portion had caved in Deep Nagar on October 28. Later, the MC had found that its old brick sewer line has got damaged. The MC had then started the work to install the new sewer line in place of the damaged sewer line. The water supply pipes were also to be replaced with the new ones.