Ludhiana, Oct. 28 -- In an order aimed at addressing long-pending sanitation and flooding problems, the Ludhiana Lok Adalat has directed the municipal corporation to raise the level of all low-lying streets in Preet Nagar to match the height of the main Gurmukh Singh Road. The order came following a complaint filed by an NGO on behalf of local residents who have been suffering due to water accumulation and poor drainage for several years.

The NGO, Power to Save Human Rights, represented by its 81-year-old president Balbir Aggarwal, had approached the Lok Adalat under Section 22-C of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, alleging that the elevation of the main road had caused adjoining streets to sink below its level. This, they claim...