Srinagar, June 14 -- By Syed Sammar Mehdi

Residents of Mustafa Abad know the sound well.

A heavy tipper enters the lane, living rooms grow silent, parents glance toward children playing outside, and homeowners look up at electric wires hanging above the road.

The reaction comes from experience.

Residents of this HMT locality of Srinagar say commercial vehicles regularly pass through Lane 2, formerly Shaheed Gowhar Lane during daytime, brushing against electricity poles, pulling at overhead wires and scraping structures along roads designed for neighbourhood traffic.

What residents describe in Mustafa Abad mirrors a growing complaint heard in residential colonies across Srinagar, where heavy vehicles increasingly appear on interior ro...