Big news: Chaos Erupts on Punjab's National Highway

Ludhiana(The Uttam Hindu): A courier vehicle, going past Basti Jodhewal Chowk on the Delhi-Amritsar highway, caught fire at night, creating a commotion. According to reports, the fire occurred at night when traffic was heavy on the road.

when the driver realized that his vehicle was set on fire, he promptly pulled the vehicle to the side of the road and jumped out to escape himself. Thereafter, the driver run to a nearby shop to fetch water and tried as fast as possible to control the fire, but upon his return, the vehicle had been entirely engulfed by the fire, and the courier goods which were inside had been entirely destroyed.

Notably, about 10 days back, a shipping container carrying winter clothes had caught fire near Basti Jodhewal Chowk too, besides destroying the vehicle and goods to the tune of lakhs of rupees.