Repair roads within the week or face charges: Ashu tells Ludhiana MC officials

Pulling up municipal corporation (MC) officials for not repairing roads throughout the monsoon season, Cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu questioned why the 1,300 ready-mix bags available with the civic body were not put to use.

The minster, who held a meeting at the MC’s Zone D office on Tuesday, recommended that show-cause notices be served to officials concerned of the bridges and roads department. “The officials (engineers and superintending engineers) have been directed to repair the main roads of the city within a week, otherwise strict departmental action will be taken against them. If required, a chargesheet will be recommended against them,” said Ashu, while directing officials to carry out repair work during day and night too for expediting the process.