Choked sewer lines rile Gurbax Nagar residents in Amritsar

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Amritsar, July 25

Residents of Gurbax Nagar near Khazana Gate are facing inconvenience due to choking of sewer lines in their area. Residents have complained several times to the municipal corporation (MC) to clean sewer lines, but all their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

Ashish Wahla, a resident, said for the last several days, they had facing the problem of choked sewer lines in Street No. 2 of Gurbax Nagar. “All residents of the street visited the MC’s zonal office at Lahori Gate several times to lodge complaint, but no civic body official visited the spot. We have also met former councillor of the area, but he too didn’t take any initiative to address the issue,” said Wahla.

Residents of the area claimed that manholes of sewer lines overflowed. They said stinking water gets accumulated in the street. On July 24, on the complaint of Wahla, civic body officials at the Lahori Gate office sent a few workers to open blockage in the sewer lines. “MC workers claim that there is a wall inside the sewer lines to prevent the flow of water towards the adjoining locality. Residents of the adjoining area oppose removing blockage in the sewerage as it would lead to waterlogging in their locality. Workers returned without solving the issue,” rued Wahla.

Residents claimed that due to fault in construction of manholes and sewer lines water didn’t drain out from their street and got accumulated in the low lying area. “We are residing in hell like conditions as stinking water accumulates outside our homes. The water has become breeding ground of mosquitoes. Also roads in our locality have become slippery due to which two-wheeler riders often meet with accidents,” said another resident.