Ludhiana, May 31 -- Commuters using Mall Road near Bharat Nagar Chowk are facing a safety risk after the municipal corporation (MC) demolished a boundary wall for a road expansion project but left the newly added stretch unfinished and without warning signs or barricades.

The road expansion is part of a project aimed at easing congestion at the busy Bharat Nagar Chowk intersection, where Mall Road narrows for around 50 to 100 metres. Traffic bottlenecks have become a regular problem on the stretch, particularly after the installation of traffic signals at the junction.

To improve traffic flow, the MC plans to construct a slip road connecting traffic moving from Mall Road and Ferozepur Road towards Jagraon Bridge. The expansion is being ...