Ludhiana, Nov. 3 -- The mechanics and other businesses at Transport Nagar have been struggling with garbage lying around in the open, with little to no efforts at cleaning and the stench that it brings.

"There is a lot of open space for trucks and over vehicles to park. These plots are just open dustbins. The eateries in the area dump their waste food and other things in the open. There are flies everywhere and the stench is hard to bear at times," said Manpreet Singh, who runs a truck repair workshop in the area.

Mandeep claimed that there were sweepers from the municipal corporation to pick up the garbage and take it to designated dumping grounds.

However, he said that a few vans did come to the area to pick up garbage from a few sho...