Water-logging in wards, councillors seek solution

Ludhiana: With no end in sight for the problem of water-logging on Rahon road, the councillors of ward numbers 7, 9, 10 and 12 on Monday gathered in the area and called up the officials at the spot and sought a permanent solution.
Councillors Harjinder Lali and Dr Naresh Uppal claimed that sewerage treatment plant at Jamalpur was not fully functional and some of the motors had developed technical snag due to which water from residential areas was not being drained out. Though the motors were repaired on Sunday, the dyeing units were throwing water into the domestic sewer line due to which in Bhagwan Nagar and Shakti Nagar disposal pumps were now unable to work properly. The councillors rued the fact that around three months back sewer connections of these dyeing units were connected with the MC sewerage. They told everything to the executive engineer, Ranbir Singh, after calling him to the spot.
Meanwhile, the sewer line near Shakti Nagar on the national highway too collapsed on Monday. A small part of the sewer line near Shakti Nagar on national highway 44 got damaged on Monday after which the officials barricaded the area for avoiding any incident. The XEN said that under the weight of the heavy vehicles the internal wall of the manhole had got damaged and the sewer line had collapsed. He said during day time domestic discharge comes in large quantity so they would repair it during the night. As far as the problem of sewer overflow in ward numbers 7, 9, 10 and 12 is concerned, they are trying to fix the problem permanently.