Ludhiana: After discontinuation of the contract with the private firm A2Z, which the municipal corporation had engaged for door-to-door lifting of garbage in the city, mayor Balkar Sandhu and the municipal corporation officials have started facing the heat from the rivals.
Earlier on Monday, mayor Sandhu conducted a meeting with municipal corporation officials and some legal experts to decide on the next course of action. Interestingly, the details of the discussions were not known.
BJP’s district president Pushpinder Singhal said that, “This entire episode clearly exposes the working of the municipal corporation, Ludhiana. When the company had given ultimatum in December that it would end its contract with the MC in February due to some problems, why no steps were taken either to solve the differences with the company and if a resolution was not possible, then why no fresh tenders were called to award the contract to someone else. If the company has quit the agreement due to delays in receiving payments or likewise other related things, then it’s very shocking as even after earning such huge revenues how come the MC failed to make the payment for the work being done by this company. Why no all-party meeting was called to discuss this crucial issue and why closed door meetings are taking place now?”