Ludhiana, May 25 -- A portion of a newly laid road near Kapoor Hospital Chowk in Chhawani Mohalla caved in on Sunday, barely three days after the stretch was blacktopped following a pipeline repair by the municipal corporation (MC).

According to officials, the civic body's operations and maintenance (O&M) cell had dug up the road three days ago to repair a leaking pipe beneath the stretch.

After the repair work, the section was filled with soil and gravel and later blacktopped as part of the ongoing road construction work from Kapoor Hospital Chowk to Buddha Nullah.

However, MC officials said the road caved in because the soil underneath was not given sufficient time to settle before blacktopping.

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