Road portion caves in near Saggu Chowk

As the Municipal Corporation (MC), Ludhiana, took no concrete steps to avert road cave-ins in the city, a road portion near Saggu Chowk caved in today. Bricks were later placed around the damaged portion to avoid any mishap.

Later, when the road portion was dug up, civic body staff found a damaged sewer pipe. Sub-Divisional Officer of the O&M branch of the MC Anshul Garcha said: “An underground wire was passing beneath the road where a portion caved in. When the B&R branch had gone to carry out the repair work, they noticed a cave-in.”