Ludhiana, July 26 -- The Municipal Corporation (MC) has issued a notice to the contractor who constructed the basketball court at Guru Nanak Stadium under the Smart City Mission, after water leakage was detected in the court's ceiling. The contractor has been directed to immediately replace the faulty ceiling sheets, which MC officials have attributed to substandard workmanship.

Aaditya Dachalwal, MC commissioner-cum-CEO of Ludhiana Smart City Limited (LSCL), has constituted a committee to probe the matter. The panel comprises additional commissioner Paramdeep Singh as the chairperson, with superintending engineer Sham Lal Gupta and executive engineer Arvind Kumar as members.

According to the notice, a recent inspection revealed seepage...