Damaged roads in Hisar inconvenience commuters

Commuters travelling from Hisar district headquarters to Tosham — a subdivisional town of Bhiwani district— have been facing difficulties in reaching their destinations due to damaged roads and waterlogging.

The recent rainfall and breach of the canal, which resulted in water flowing onto the roads, have damaged these and caused inconvenience to the commuters at many places. As a result, people are now forced to take alternative routes through nearby villages.

The situation has worsened as heavy vehicles such as buses and dumpers continue to move through these stretches, causing the road on both sides from Hisar to Ladwa, Sultanpur, and Kanwari villages to cave in over the past few days. This has led to disruption of traffic.

Gaurav Bhutani, a teacher who works at a school in Nalwa village, regularly travels on one of the damaged routes, said the daily commuters were facing inconvenience due to damaged patches. He said they had to take alternative route via Bhagana village to reach their destination every day. He added that since the alternative route was a narrow single-lane road, there was constant risk of accidents on these roads now.

Amit, another villager, pointed out that another patch of the road between Sultanpur and Ladwa had caved in on Thursday. He said heavy vehicles frequently got stuck there, causing further disruption and inconvenience to daily commuters. The residents urged the administration to take immediate steps to repair the damaged road and provide relief to the public.

The Executive Engineer of the Haryana Public Works Department, Hisar, Jatin Khurana, said they had started the repair and maintenance work of the damaged roads in the district and soon all damaged portions would be repaired.