Youth Cong protests against ‘shoddy’ works in Nabha MC; want council head’s resignation

A day after deputy commissioner reviewed the development works of Nabha, Youth Congress members burnt the effigy of Punjab government, slamming their claims of development at Railway road here. The road has worn-out within one year of construction.

A day after deputy commissioner reviewed the development works of Nabha, Youth Congress members burnt the effigy of Punjab government, slamming their claims of development at Railway road here. The road has worn-out within one year of construction.

Youth Congress workers protesting on the damaged Nabha railway road, which was constructed last year, on Friday. (HT Photo)

The protesters raised slogans against Nabha municipality and state government and demanded the resignation of the council president Gursewak Singh.

Alleging corruption, Youth Congress leader Bunny Khora, who has also applied for Nabha assembly ticket, said the council was established on mainly two promises: sanitation and roads; the public received no relief from garbage spread all around, stagnant sewage waters and worn-out roads in two and half years. He claimed that the SAD block in charge and council president were involved in the irregularity.

“Yesterday my daughter fell from the activa as it lost balance while passing through the ‘pond’ created by the government,” said a resident of Modi mill colony.

“Look at the material used in the road. Even a layman can tell that the quality has been neglected,” said Sandeep Kumar, a passerby.

The protesters warned to lock down the municipality if the issue of the garbage, drainage and such roads are not solved within a week.

Gursewak said the partial payment of the contractor of the railway road was on hold, which will be released only after he fixes it. On the interlocked tiled streets with depression, he said if heavy vehicles pass over them they were bound to get pressed down.