Chandigarh, March 9 -- City's roads continue to crumble as the municipal corporation (MC) grapples with a debilitating financial crunch, leaving essential road carpeting work at a standstill for the second consecutive season after no repairs last year.

Civic body officials report that nearly 400 kilometres of roads urgently need repairs, but despite completing paperwork for major roadwork, tenders remain unopened due to lack of funds.

The situation has worsened since October last year, when road repairs were similarly delayed by budget constraints. Large stretches of roads, particularly in Sector 9 to 30, Sectors 45 to 47, and dividing roads between Sectors 19/20, Sectors 40/41 and Sector 44/45, apart from those in Industrial Area, are ...