Chandigarh, May 7 -- Reiterating a long-standing demand, Chandigarh mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla has once again requested Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria to allocate at least 50% of the revenue generated by the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) to the cash-strapped municipal corporation (MC) for the maintenance of city roads and parking areas.

Amid MC's debilitating financial crunch, essential road carpeting work in the city has not been undertaken for the second consecutive season this year after no repairs through 2024.

Road carpeting is typically carried out in the October-November and March-April periods, as these months provide the ideal weather conditions for the process - before peak summer or winter...