Slow pace of road work irks area residents, councillor

LUDHIANA: Irked over the "delay" in the construction of a road, the residents of Block D Model Town Extension dumped garbage outside the house of the road contractor on Monday.

Contractor Varun Abrol

, a resident of

Tagore Nagar

, said the activity took place on the directions of councillor Kamaljit Singh Karwal. Backing the action of residents,

Karwal

said the residents have done what the contractor deserved. "The contractor has stopped the work of road construction," he added.

He claimed that sewer lines were installed on the road five months ago, but the road hasn't been re-construction even now.

Karwal said accidents have taken place on the road due to potholes. "Even the Dussehra celebrations have been affected due to dusty and uneven stretch," he added. Contractor Varun Abrol said, "The work is going on. It was stopped only on Sunday due to shortage of material. There is no other problem otherwise."

He refuted the allegations that the work was not carried out for a long time. He said that due to the protests which were going on

Haibowal

road (which is also being constructed by the contractor), they had to use some material on that road, which led to shortage of material for Model Town work.

Also some labour had gone on holidays due to festival season. Further he said the work would be completed as soon as possible. Varun said he could not identify those who threw the garbage outside his house as he was not at home and his father was unable to take pictures.

Executive engineer H S Bhullar also said this should not have happened as the contractor is carrying out the work. He said that over 70 per cent work has been completed and construction will be over soon.