Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 5

Even after the MC upgraded the sewerage system and then reconstructed the stretch, the sewers are overflowing badly on the main Giaspura road once again, leaving the commuters to face a harrowing time.

The area residents and industrialists raised questions over the working of the MC due to sewer water accumulation on the stretch that links the Giaspura areas with the National Highway 44.

The residents had hoped to heave a sigh of relief from the chronic problem of overflowing sewers when the sewerage system was upgraded but to no avail.

Two-wheelers generally lose balance while passing through accumulated water on the stretch these days. There are many factories in the areas and workers are also forced to pass through the accumulated sewage to reach their workstations these days.

An industrialist Upkar Singh Sahni, who is president of the Giaspura Industrial Welfare Association, said, “The MC had earlier upgraded the sewer line and the stretch was reconstructed on the Giaspura road. We had suffered for about nine months due to these works. Now, the sewers are overflowing once again on the road. When the sewerage system has been upgraded, why the problem has recurred?”

Sahni said, “It is difficult to drive a car on the road due to water accumulation. Even the pedestrians are forced to walk through accumulated sewage. The sewer water accumulation may harm the recently constructed road too.”

A factory worker at Giaspura said, “We are forced to walk through the accumulated sewer water in routine. My clothes get stained and shoe becomes wet. The chances of catching skin infection and other diseases remain high but nobody pay any attention.” The residents demanded that the civic body resolve the matter at the earliest.

A senior AAP leader, Ahbaab Singh Grewal, raised the question that if the sewerage system has been upgraded, why the problem has occurred again? He said a probe should be conducted into the matter and the MC must take necessary steps to provide relief to the people at the earliest.

Superintending Engineer, MC, Ravinder Garg could not be contacted for comments.