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.
