Ludhiana: Recarpeted road ‘in a shambles’, complaint filed
1 week, 2 days ago

Ludhiana: Recarpeted road ‘in a shambles’, complaint filed

Hindustan Times  

A city resident has lodged a complaint on the portal of the Punjab chief minister regarding the poor condition of a recently recarpeted road from Pratap Chowk to Janta Nagar, falling under the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation’s Zone-C. A damaged road from Partap Chowk to Janta Nagar in Ludhiana on Sunday. Complainant Gajjan Singh Jassal accused the contractor of using substandard materials, leading to rapid deterioration of the road just months after its completion. Raising concerns about corruption and negligence, Jassal said cracks have already appeared on the newly constructed road, exposing the poor quality of work. When contacted, Municipal Corporation Zone-C executive engineer Rakesh Singla said the road was constructed over two years ago.

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Encroachments removed from Ludhiana Improvement Trust land
1 month ago

Encroachments removed from Ludhiana Improvement Trust land

Hindustan Times  

Officials of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust have conducted a demolition drive against an unauthorised construction at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar in the past few days. Officials of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust during an anti-encroachment drive in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. In Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, the LIT reclaimed a plot where an illegal road had …

Ludhiana: Dilapidated road stretch leaves residents peeved
1 month, 1 week ago

Ludhiana: Dilapidated road stretch leaves residents peeved

Hindustan Times  

A 300-metre stretch of the bus stand-Bharat Nagar Chowk road has been in a deplorable condition for months even as other roads under the National Highways Authority of India in Ludhiana have recently been re-carpeted. The damaged road from bus stand to Bharat Nagar Chowk in a bad condition in Ludhiana. An NHAI official, requesting anonymity, said that during the …

Ludhiana: Year later, repair of elevated road crash barriers begins
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Year later, repair of elevated road crash barriers begins

Hindustan Times  

The elevated highway in Ludhiana, built at the cost of ₹756 crore and completed last year, is facing repair work. A survey by the National Highways Authority of India revealed that several crash barriers, critical for the safety of commuters, have weakened, raising concerns over the quality of the construction work. The weakening of crash barriers not only raises questions …

Delhi: PWD set to undertake repairs on Rohtak Road
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi: PWD set to undertake repairs on Rohtak Road

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s Public Works Department is set to undertake the restoration and repair of Rohtak Road, an arterial stretch connecting the Capital with Haryana, which has been described as the “worst road of the city”. “The much larger project to redesign the drainage system of the areas around this national highway will take around 15 months and it is likely to …

Ludhiana: GLADA yet to complete 3rd layer on 2.2-km stretch of 200-ft road between Phullanwal Chowk and Dhandra Road
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Ludhiana: GLADA yet to complete 3rd layer on 2.2-km stretch of 200-ft road between Phullanwal Chowk and Dhandra Road

Hindustan Times  

The Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority has come under criticism for its delay in completing the third and final layer on a 2.2 km stretch of the 200-ft road between Phullanwal Chowk and Dhandra Road, a project initially budgeted at ₹10 crore. The 2.2 km-stretch of the 200-ft road between Phullanwal Chowk and Dhandra Road is in a bad shape. …

Ludhiana: Slow progress in re-carpeting Upkar Nagar road irks residents, motorists
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Slow progress in re-carpeting Upkar Nagar road irks residents, motorists

Hindustan Times  

The slow progress in re-carpeting the road from Damoria Bridge to Upkar Nagar, extending towards Civil Lines, has been causing considerable hardship to residents and motorists. MLA North Madan Lal Bagga and MC commissioner inaugurated the project on February 20, with plans to improve the road from Damoria Bridge through Guru Arjan Dev Pura, Upkar Nagar, and Pahwa Dharamshala, to …

Pavement along Ranjith Road at Kotturpuram in a shambles
1 year, 6 months ago

Pavement along Ranjith Road at Kotturpuram in a shambles

The Hindu  

Today, Ranjith Road is an uneven surface with an apology of a pavement. The power utility completed its work two weeks ago and the pavement and the dug up portion of the road have not been restored. Subhashini Raja, a member of the Nawab Gardens’ Residents Welfare Association, points out that the extension of Ranjith Road has not been relayed …

Video | ‘Road or Carpet?’ Maharashtra villagers unmask alleged fraud in newly constructed road
1 year, 7 months ago

Video | ‘Road or Carpet?’ Maharashtra villagers unmask alleged fraud in newly constructed road

Hindustan Times  

Villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district have exposed the alleged poor quality of a road construction project implemented under a centrally The video, shared on Twitter by one Md. Fujail Ahmed, a local Congress leader from Assam, showed locals finding a cloth underneath the road's surface and exposing the muddy road beneath the newly constructed layer. The men in the video …

Elevated road project: NHAI baffled as re-carpeted road gets dug up overnight in Ludhiana
1 year, 10 months ago

Elevated road project: NHAI baffled as re-carpeted road gets dug up overnight in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

In a covert move, workers of an under-construction shopping complex on the Ferozepur road dug up a newly re-carpeted road by the National Highway Authority of India in the wee hours of Wednesday, leaving both the city municipal corporation and the NHAI baffled over the development. Traffic congestion at the slip road adjoining the Bhai Bala intersection in Ludhiana after …

Another Day, Another Infrastructural 'Mishap': Road in K'taka Village Built at Rs 1 Cr Damaged After 2 Months
2 years, 5 months ago

Another Day, Another Infrastructural 'Mishap': Road in K'taka Village Built at Rs 1 Cr Damaged After 2 Months

News 18  

The state which calls itself a home for start-ups and for pulling more FDI compared to any other state always has been in the front row in exposing its crumbling infrastructure, as well. In a new low, a road built at a cost of one crore in Chikkamagaluru’s Tiruguna village was damaged in just two months. Blaming the state government …

Dilapidated Road in Uttarakhand Reconstructed After Teenage Girl's 'Ground Report' Goes Viral
4 years, 2 months ago

Dilapidated Road in Uttarakhand Reconstructed After Teenage Girl's 'Ground Report' Goes Viral

News 18  

Crumbling roads, overflowing drains, pothole-riddled roads are commonly spotted across the country. A ground report of fragmenting roadway recently emerged from Dewarkhadora village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. As per a report in The New Indian Express, the Class 11 student along with her father Dheeraj Bisht, decided to draw attention to the recurring complaints. Suhani’s father informed the daily that …

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