Residents protest as sewers overflow at Kirpal Nagar in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 30

Residents of Kirpal Nagar in Ward No. 58 held a protest here on Friday as the Municipal Corporation (MC) Ludhiana has reportedly failed to resolve the problem of overflowing sewers. They said choked and overflowing sewers in the area were being ignored despite repeated complaints.

They demanded that the civic body authorities resolve the problem at the earliest. Pawan Kumar, a resident of the area, said they had been complaining about the non-functional sewer system for a long time but to no avail. Residents were falling ill in the area while chances of water contamination always remained high.

The protesters said water remained accumulated outside their houses and it was difficult even to step out.

Suresh Goyal, president of Ludhiana AAP (urban), also participated in the protest. He said if the issue was not permanently resolved at the earliest, they would be forced to hold a larger protest.

Councillor Rajesh Jain said MC staff was working to resolve the issue and it would be done by tomorrow. MC Superintending Engineer Rajinder Singh said they had deployed staff to clean the sewers with machines.

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