# Ludhiana sinkhole forces evacuation, firms face FIR after second cave-in 2026-08-07T10:40:34+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 25-foot-deep sinkhole opened on a road in Ludhiana's Kitchlu Nagar on Wednesday and then widened after a trolley passed over it on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of an adjacent three-storey house. The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has said it will file an FIR against companies that laid underground cables after preliminary assessments pointed to damage to the sewer line. The house owner, Kamal Singhania, reported damage to the building's foundation. The MC had filled a previous cave-in at the same spot in August with sandbags rather than fixing the cause, Singhania alleged. Zonal Commissioner Jasdev Singh Sekhon said a decades-old main sewer line collapsed. Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu visited the site on Friday and blamed the state government and the MC for negligence. Social activists warned that the entire road running over the sewer could be unsafe. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: Ludhiana, Municipal Corporation, sewer infrastructure, sinkhole, traffic diversions Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ludhiana-sinkhole-forces-house-evacuation-road-closure/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ludhiana-sinkhole-forces-house-evacuation-road-closure/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.