Ludhiana, March 8 -- Alleging blatant violation of regulatory norms, the Public Action Committee (PAC) has lodged a complaint against the project director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Ludhiana, over the installation of commercial hoardings along the city's elevated highway corridor.

The complaint was submitted by PAC core committee members Kuldeep Singh Khaira, Kapil Arora, Jaskirat Singh and Gurpreet Singh, to senior NHAI officials alleging that large commercial advertisements have been mounted on and around the elevated highway structures in contravention of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by NHAI for the beautification of the elevated corridor in Ludhiana.

Citing Clause 2.5 of the SOP, the committ...