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Doraha Bridge Over Sirhind Canal

Blunderlust rating★★★★★ 4.2 / 5 · 783 reviews⌖ Doraha, on the Southern Bypass route along Sirhind-Sidhwan Canal, LudhianaEntry #02 in Ludhiana

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A bridge over the Sirhind Canal at Doraha, part of the Ludhiana Southern Bypass project, was left incomplete when work stopped in July 2013; construction materials remain abandoned on-site years later.

The official record states: "Not specified: attributed to unresolved PWD-Irrigation Department coordination failures."

“Work stopped in July 2013. The building materials are still there, weathering on the public's behalf.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

Sources

  • https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/apathy-behind-delay-in-ludhiana-bypass-costs-govt-rs-67-88-cr-579167

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“The sand and steel from 2013 are still lying beside the canal at Doraha, weathering gently at public expense.”
NI N. Iyer · Ludhiana★★★★★
“One crore seventy-five lakh of bridge, abandoned twelve years ago, and the canal has not needed it once since.”
MS M. Sharma · Ludhiana★★★★★
“Two departments could not agree on a crossing, so the crossing was settled by not existing.”
PD P. Das · Ludhiana★★★★★
Blunderlust RecordBL/LUD/2013/BRI
Status
Abandoned: incomplete for over a decade
Category
Bridge
State
Punjab
Year
Work halted July 2013; originally due 2012
Cost to taxpayers
₹1.75 CrOriginally budgeted at ₹1.75 crore

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Ludhiana Southern Bypass

The four-laning of the Ludhiana Southern Bypass was tendered in 2010 with a two-year deadline but wasn't completed until 2019 after officials failed to complete inter-department formalities before the tender was allotted; poor PWD-Irrigation Department coordination drove repeated design changes.

Blunderlust rating ★ 3.5 · 1,012 reviewsOn record 2019

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