Ludhiana, July 30 -- An ongoing Municipal Corporation staff strike has delayed permanent road repairs, leaving dangerous cave-in sites unattended and forcing commuters to navigate risky patches. While workers have used soil to patch holes temporarily, locals worry heavy rain will wash it away and cause new collapses.

The impact is visible at Saggu Chowk, where nearly a month has passed since the road caved in at Mint Ghumari Chowk where a fresh cave-in occurred recently on Tuesday and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar where the road has caved in twice at the same spot within just 10 days. At all three locations permanent restoration is still pending.

Residents said that the damaged roads have become a major cause of traffic congestion forcing ...