Ludhiana, May 14 -- A dug up section of College Road near Ghumar Mandi area remains damaged due to delay in black topping process, causing trouble to commuters. The road was dug up over a month back due to the pipe laying process under the canal water supply project.

Even though the pipes have been laid, the road hasn't been black topped yet, which stirs up sand due to heavy traffic on the road, leading to air pollution. The shopkeepers complain that the dust rising from the road spreads in the atmosphere leaving the articles covered in a layer of dust.

Sandeep Puri, who runs a shop by the road, said, "dust is the biggest problem because it damages the stock kept inside. Ensuring cleanliness has become very difficult due to the conditio...