Mohali, July 6 -- In yet another incident raising serious concerns about administrative apathy, a 12-ft-deep sinkhole near CP67 Mall on Airport Road swallowed a truck on Friday night around 11.30 pm, barely eight days after it had first emerged following heavy rain.

The truck, carrying a load of coal, was en route to Kiratpur from Panipat. The driver, identified as Iliaj, said he was driving in the right lane when he noticed a heap of mud in the middle of the road. With vehicles ahead and behind, he had no option but to turn slightly only to have his vehicle plunge into the unbarricaded sinkhole.

"There were no barricades, no signage, no reflectors. It could have been more dangerous if I had stayed in the same lane where the mud heap wa...