HC junks plea seeking underpass for Ludhiana village divided by NH-1

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to provide an underpass for the residents of Sahnewal Khurd village (Ludhiana), which is situated on both sides of NH 1.

The petitioners – Jatinder Singh and others – had approached the high court contending that the NHAI is widening the national highways and accordingly, the bridges and flyovers have been constructed, forcing village residents to travel cross the highway to move to the either side of the village. It was contended that there is a continuous flow of traffic on NH-1 and in the absence of any access to go to the other side, the residents are forced to cross over the highway, endangering their lives and that of the commuters as well.