Scattered rain inundates parts of city

Ludhiana: Even as the city received scattered rainfall on Sunday, it left some areas waterlogged.
The showers flooded Ferozepur Road, Chandigarh Road and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Residents said the authorities were yet to come out with a plan to resolve the problem, which bugs these areas every year.
Chandigarh Road and Ferozepur Road have come under National Highways Authority of India due to an ongoing construction work there.
A resident of Chandigarh Road, Dr Premjit Singh, said, “After a five-minute rainfall, our area was flooded. Sewerage lines are blocked from Jamalpur to Shingaar Cinema. The problem will not be resolved if these are not cleaned. Water from dyeing units in Focal Point adds to the area woes. Every monsoon, Chandigarh Road gets flooded at least 25 times.”
Arvind Sharma of SBS Nagar said, “The Ludhiana Improvement Trust did not clean the road gulleys and sewerage system in the locality and handed over the maintenance of sewerage to MC recently. The civic body has not started the maintenance work because the resolution got approval a few days ago. So, waterlogging is troubling the area this time too.”
Gurpreet Singh of Ranjit Enclave said, “Ferozepur Road is an important stretch, as it is used by commuters frequently. But its storm sewerage line is not in working condition which is why waterlogging is severe here.”
Executive engineer of operation and maintenance cell, MC Zone B, Ranbir Singh said, “We had floated tenders to lay storm sewerage line that will carry water from Chandigarh Road to Buddha Nullah. It will take time.”