Abandoned wells must be plugged

THE picture above was captured near Nasirpur area of Ambala City. There are many manufacturing units where large numbers of workers are employed and people from all walks of life, including colossal number of children, women and elderly people, reside here. This well can cause a serious threat to people and animals. Past events in the state had shown that such defunct wells or bores had cost heavily after some discordant incidents. It is imperative that a survey be carried out in the whole district and all such holes are plugged so that any mishap could be averted. I hope the authorities concerned would take a note of the problem and get the needful done immediately.

Gian P Kansal, Ambala City

Objectionable ads on buses

RECENTLY, I went to a local bus stand to see off a friend and was shocked to see almost all buses bore some kind of posters, handbills of dubious looking quacks, astrologers and online friendship clubs etc. The advertisers claim to cure all kinds of diseases or problems prevailing in the life of people. This looks absurd and surprising as to how the roadways staff allow them to publicise objectionable stuff on the buses. The commuters, especially girls, feel awkward when such material is found on their seats or windows. The Haryana Roadways should issue instructions that no such unwanted publicity is made through their buses.

Ramesh Gupta, Narwana

Poor workmanship leads to construction defects

THE accompanying photograph, since taken at newly constructed (so called ultra modern) Bus Queue Shelter at Sector 8 (on NH 73) in Panchkula, speaks volumes about the visible display of some poor workmanship here. All this sounds unbelievable. Since there could possibly be many more such worrisome instances, let there be an independent probe by some Central agency to assess the quality of work performed vis-a-vis actual payments made, if any, to the contractor concerned. After all, the precious public money is involved in all such welfare projects.

SK Gupta, Panchkula

Restart apni mandi in Panchkula

NOW that the Panchkula administration has allowed social, religious, cultural events, weddings and funerals at 50 per cent hall capacity, it’s high time to restart the apni mandis as soon as possible. As fleecing by vegetable and fruit street hawkers has reached its zenith, it is high time that steps be made in this direction. However, a limited number of people should be allowed at a given time to enter such mandis so that norms to check the spread of Covid pandemic could be followed by the people.

Ramit Ritu Bagga, Panchkula

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