Sangrur, Jan. 5 -- The Dhuri Vyapar Mandal has levelled corruption and administrative negligence allegations against the public works department (PWD) and the local administration inthe ongoing underground sewerage project in the city's main market. The traders claim that despite the high cost of allocated budget, 8-inch pipes are being used instead of the supposed 12-inch, alleging corruption in the department. Vyapar Mandal president Vikas Jain alleged that deep ditches were intentionally dug in front of shops and left unfinished to suppress their voices and disrupt their businesses. The protestors further said that if the construction work does not resume and proceed properly within the next 48 hours, the city's trading community will launch a massive protest in front of the chief minister's office (CMO) in Dhuri. When contacted, PWD executive engineer (XEN) Ajay Garg denied the allegations of corruption. Garg stated that it is the shopkeepers who have stalled the department's progress. He said that the shopkeepers are using these complaints as an excuse to prevent the removal of illegal structures in the market....