Irked Preet Nagar residents start road construction on their own

Ludhiana: Residents of Preet Nagar in ward number 15 are up in arms against the alleged apathetic attitude of the MC officials and have decided to get a road constructed on their own. They rued that they have been facing tough time for the past seven years as despite several complaints to officials and elected representatives nobody paid attention towards their issues. So, they collected money for getting the road repaired.
One of the businessmen in the area, Vinod Sharma, and his friends shared that the road in ward number 15 was in a pathetic condition and in rainy season the situation turned worst with rainwater getting stagnant leaving mud all around. They have been requesting for the past seven years for the construction of road but they did not get anything except assurances. They claimed that they had been paying taxes to the government for the facilities but these were altogether missing. They rued that now they had decided to get the work done on their own, and it has already been started.
They claimed that not only Preet Nagar road but Kakka Dhaula road is also in a pathetic condition. Around two years back construction of that road had been started, but it was left in between. There are so many factories on at Kakka Dhaula road and people going to these factories are facing a tough time.
However, on the other hand, councillor of ward number 15 Kanchan Malhotra said, “So many illegal colonies are being developed in the ward and adjoining areas and I am trying to provide facilities in these undeveloped areas. These works will be carried out when these illegal areas will be regularised. The proposal to get these areas regularised is lying with authorities concerned and as soon as approval will come, we will start work on sewerage, roads and water supply on priority.”