A road in Ludhiana’s upscale locality of Deep Nagar caved-in within seconds on Thursday, swallowing two students who were on their way to school on a two-wheeler and raising a big question mark on Ludhiana’s ‘Smart City’ status as well that on the quality of public works being undertaken by the local civic body.
Locals immediately rushed to the aid of the two students and had to use a ladder to fish them out of the crater, which was nearly 15 feet deep. The students, both siblings, sustained minor injuries in the incident.
While Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials said that the road was ‘recarpeted’ just 8-9 months ago and the reason for the ‘sudden cave-in’ was being ‘investigated’,
