Ludhiana, June 29 -- Nearly two months after the municipal corporation (MC) widened a portion of the Mall Road-Bharat Chowk intersection by demolishing a boundary structure, the newly added stretch remains unfinished, posing a serious safety risk to commuters.

The civic body has neither levelled the expanded area with the existing road nor installed warning signs or reflectors, increasing the risk of accidents, especially at night.

The expansion was undertaken to ease the persistent traffic bottleneck at the busy intersection, where Mall Road narrows for around 50-100 metres. A slip road connecting Mall Road to Ferozepur Road towards Jagraon Bridge is also planned as part of the project to improve traffic flow after the installation of ...