Basic amenities elude Ludhiana's Durga Colony residents

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 11

Residents of a few streets of Durga Colony in ward no. 28 here are not only deprived of basic amenities but also forced to live under unsanitary conditions due to the apathy of the civic body.

Before the Assembly and MC elections, candidates of political parties had made promises to ensure development if they win but nothing was done later. Officials and elected representatives failed to pay any heed to get issues resolved.

A group of residents in February had written to the Municipal Corporation (MC) authorities to include two streets in the MC’s map so that they could get potable water supply, metalled streets and other amenities but their wait to avail these facilities was getting longer.

At present, the situation is that sewers often overflows in the area due to which people are at a risk of catching diseases.

A resident, Anil Kumar, said: “We have requested the MC and elected representatives to ensure the development of our area that falls under ward number 28. We have been paying taxes for the past 14 years but no development has been witnessed in the area. Many times, roads remain flooded with sewage and it is difficult to step out of our homes.”

He said: “Despite our repeated appeals, no direct water supply has been ensured to us. Moreover, no steps have been taken to get streets constructed. There is no cleanliness. When we pay all the taxes, why are we being ignored by the civic body?”

Another resident, Rakesh Sharma, said: “There is a myriad of problems but no efforts have been made by anybody to get the same resolved. The sewer system is there but it is not functioning properly. The stinking water remains accumulated outside shops and houses. The dilapidated condition of unmetalled roads is being ignored too for a long period. We want the government to ensure development of our area.”

An AAP leader, Chander Pal, said residents had submitted an application to the civic body to get two streets included in the MC’s map but the process was being delayed. Even no steps had been taken to resolve issues being faced by them, he added.

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