Rain floods Ludhiana city areas again

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 3

As rain lashed the city on Tuesday, waterlogging occurred in its several parts again while sewers overflowed on Panj Peer Road again.

Waterlogging also occurred on Hambran Road, Haibowal, Ferozepur Road, Ludhiana-Delhi road (National highway), Giaspura, and many other parts of the city.

It was a harrowing time for commuters to pass through waterlogged roads.

To avoid waterlogging on Panj Peer Road, the MC had earlier made a way to drain out water through the Barewal drain but the water accumulated on the stretch again. The waste has also got collected in it.

A resident, Pankaj Prabhakar, said: “I have been witnessing the waterlogging problem on Panj Peer Road for a long time. Sewers usually start overflowing on Panj Peer Road during rainy days. Earlier, water used to remain accumulated for even two days after rain. Since the MC made efforts to drain out water from Panj Peer Road into Barewal drain, the water accumulation period has reduced. The accumulated water level was seemingly high today but it got drained out within two-three hours. We want a permanent solution to the problem. At all, we are suffering due to the accumulation of stinking sewer water on the stretch.”

MC Superintending Engineer Ravinder Garg said Panj Peer Road was a low-lying area and the water gets drained out within one or two hours on Panj Peer Road now. He said the rainwater from a number of areas was also getting accumulated on the stretch. Efforts were on to resolve the issue.

Meanwhile, the work was underway to clean the Buddha Nullah near the New Kundanpuri area in the city. According to the School of Climate Change & Agricultural Meteorology of PAU, Ludhiana, 51 mm was recorded till 2:30 pm today.

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