Solan, Aug. 25 -- In a stinging indictment of administrative apathy and political inaction, residents along the vital Solan-Subathu corridor have picked up shovels and construction materials to repair a pothole-ridden stretch that authorities have neglected for years.
The move marks a dramatic escalation from formal petitions to direct civic protest, laying bare the widening rift between government rhetoric and ground reality.
The arterial road, riddled with craters that turn into hazardous sludge pits during the monsoon, has long posed severe risks to commuters and daily vehicular traffic. Despite repeated appeals to the Public Works Department (PWD), local residents say their pleas have yielded little more than symbolic visits.
The neg...