Ludhiana, June 21 -- The Rs.756-crore elevated road project from Octroi post to Samrala Chowk is under a cloud as former employees of Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd, which executed the work, have pointed to "irregularities", highlighting that median barriers for crash protection were not installed on the 13-km corridor despite full payment being released.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has marked an inquiry and asked the project director to submit a report in seven days.

In a letter addressed to NHAI's senior officials, a group of ex-employees of the firm mentioned, "This is not just a question of missing infrastructure. It is about public safety." The complainants pointed out that although the road was declared complete and in...