India, May 26 -- Residents of Sector 34 and Behrampur near the Hero Honda Chowk have raised health concerns and alleged difficulty in motoring due to overstressed drain infrastructure in the area, and pointed the finger at civic authorities for failing to take corrective action despite raising the issue multiple times.

The roads in the area are covered with overflowing sewage as drains are clogged, residents said, with broken roads exacerbating their problems for the past few months.

HT, in a spot check on Thursday, found drains choked with plastic waste and a foul-smelling black overflow alongside the road. Water stagnated at several spots, while heaps of silt and waste removed from the drains lay on the roadside.

"The entire stretch ...