Ludhiana, May 16 -- Ending years of delay and administrative hurdles, the much-awaited direct access road to freedom fighter Sukhdev Thapar's birthplace in Naughara Mohalla was finally inaugurated on his birth anniversary on Friday.

The breakthrough came after authorities recently resolved a prolonged deadlock involving possession of a 44.50 square-yard property that had obstructed the creation of a direct passage from Chaura Bazar to the freedom fighter's ancestral house for several years.

Additional deputy commissioner (general) Poonam Singh inaugurated the newly opened access road after paying floral tributes to Sukhdev at his ancestral home.

She was accompanied by Ashok Thapar, national president of the Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memor...