Rainwater in homes, residents hold 2 P’kula MC JEs captive

Chandigarh | Friday | 12th July, 2019

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XEN reaches site in Sector 19, pacifies protesting inhabitantsTribune News ServicePanchkula, July 11Residents of Sector 19 here today held two junior engineers of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation captive after rainwater entered their houses. The residents freed the JEs after the XEN assured them that the problem in the area would be addressed soon. Residents, including Vinod Sharma, Duli Chand, Arvind, DR Sharma and others, said rainwater had entered their houses after showers on Thursday. When the two JEs reached the site to address the problem, people caught hold of them. Residents said on July 10, they had written a letter to the Chief Minister that even after light showers rainwater entered the bedrooms and kitchen of their houses, and damaged household items..