Three deaths in a week on Nabha’s local circular road have triggered widespread anger among residents, who accuse the administration of ignoring repeated appeals to improve road safety on the accident-prone stretch.

Residents said they have been submitting applications for years, urging the authorities to install safety measures on the 4-km-long road, but no action has been taken so far. To protest what they called “administrative apathy,” locals will hold a candle march on Sunday evening to mourn the victims and demand immediate intervention.

The protesting members of the civil society group have also composed a song to mourn the deaths of Nabha residents who have lost their lives recently in road accidents. The poignant lyrics of the song read that the deaths could have been avoided an

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