Ludhiana, Aug. 23 -- A portion of Suman Hospital Road near Sharma Halwai Chowk in Model Town caved in on Saturday after a leaking private water connection caused erosion of the soil beneath the road, municipal corporation officials said. The leakage was fixed soon by the civic body.

The affected stretch is in front of Timmy Baker, opposite City Plaza, near Yes Bank. The cave-in occurred a day after the city received light showers.

Activist Arvind Sharma said the same spot had developed a smaller cave-in around 1.5 years ago and the municipal corporation had then filled the affected portion with soil, he said.

Sharma said the latest cave-in was considerably larger and required a proper assessment of the road and the infrastructure benea...