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Ludhiana: Even as the district administration had set a deadline of December 28 for repair of the stretch that had caved in on Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway near Khanna, the road construction agency is yet to complete the work. Commuters will continue to suffer and bear traffic diversion, especially during the peak hours.
More than a month ago, the stretch had caved in near Amloh Road and the Khanna police had issued the diversion plan so that the agency could carry out the repair work. With the vehicles diverted to service lanes, traffic chaos ruled, giving a tough time to commuters going from Amritsar, Jammu, Jalandhar and Ludhiana to Delhi and vice versa.
Portion of the road of the Ludhiana-Delhi highway that caved in near Khanna on Friday
LUDHIANA: After it became clear that rodents had dug up the base of a road near a garbage dump resulting in caving in of a portion of it, the district administration has asked an agency to check the growth of rodents at such places along the highway. Meanwhile, the district administration has asked the road construction agency concerned to complete the repair of the affected road stretch by this month end.
A stretch of the road from Ludhiana towards Delhi had caved in after which the Khanna police had released the traffic diversion plan. For more than 10 days as the vehicles were being diverted on service lanes, it was causing traffic chaos on the narrow roads, resulting in suffering to the commuters coming from Amritsar, Jammu, Jalandhar and Ludhiana on way to Delhi and those going towards these cities.