Ludhiana, Sept. 7 -- As the showers lashed the smart city on Saturday morning, truckers in Transport Nagar, Ludhiana's biggest logistics hub found themselves stranded in flooded streets. Reportedly, the area that is spread over 114 acres and home to transporters who handle the bulk of the city's industrial logistics, turned into a waterlogged mess once again, bringing the movement of goods and routine operations to a complete standstill.

Transporters said that with loading and unloading work suspended, the supply of raw material to factories was disrupted and dispatch of finished goods was delayed. They added that potholes and broken roads further aggravated the situation, with vehicles often getting stuck or damaged.

"Every spell of ra...