MC, MLAs forget cleaning of interceptor sewage line

Ludhiana: The carelessness of the civic officials and even MLAs of respective constituencies will prove dearer to residents living in these areas as none of them has paid attention towards cleaning of an old interceptor sewage line passing through the heart of city.
On Saturday, MLAs Rakesh Pandey from north, Surinder Dawar from central and Sanjay Talwar from east constituencies met the mayor, Balkar Sandhu, with this demand. Following this, the mayor has told the officials to prepare estimates for cleaning of this line but the cleaning will now take place in November when there is lesser water in the lines.
This line passes through areas like Jalandhar bypass, Chand Cinema, Hukam Singh Road, Kalyan Nagar, Bajwa Nagar, Old Madhopuri, Harbanspura, Gaushala disposal, Baba Than Singh Chowk, Samrala Chowk, etc. and is 16km long. The cleaning of the sewage line will cost at least Rs 5 to Rs 6 crore. It was cleaned 10 years back.
The MLAs claimed that it was not intentional that they forgot to take up the cleaning of this line with officials, but it was only by mistake. They claimed that the during rainy season the choking creates problems as this line is unable to take load of water. Even in routine days the sewage choking problem occurs.
The mayor has asked the officials to get approval so that cleaning should take place at the first possible chance