LUDHIANA: The issues of illegal colonies, water scarcity and shoddy roadwork dominated municipal corporation’s general house meeting at Guru Nanak Bhawan on Wednesday. As the councillors demanded immediate action, mayor Balkar Sandhu and MC commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal directed the officials to remove illegal colonies at the earliest.
BJP councillor Sonia Sharma said, “I have been raising the issue of illegal colonies in the ward for the past two years. I had first lodged a complaint on September 19, 2019, but to date no action has been taken. Water supply in the ward got affected as load on the amenities increased.”
Echoing her, Akali Dal councillor Jaspal Giaspura said, “Around 40 illegal colonies have mushroomed in wards 30 and 31, but building branch officials remained mum. There is one colony about which I have been complaining for the past two years. The officials did not act despite my submitting proofs. About 12 areas are worst affected by water scarcity in summ
Ludhiana: Continuing with their ongoing drive against the defaulters, the civic body is planning to start a sealing drive against the defaulters for recovery of change of land use (CLU) dues in zone C area. Earlier, it had served as many as 200 notices for the same. The officials claimed that enough time had been given to the defaulters for clearing the dues, but neither they cleared the dues, nor they gave any reply to the notices.
The notices were served to establishments on Gill road, cycle market and Sua road (in front of GNE College). The civic body had kicked off the drive to recover the pending CLU charges in August from zone D area. As the officials had started serving the notices, a hue and cry had been raised in the entire city. Not only the opposition parties, but also the leaders from the ruling party raised objections over this decision. However, the officials did not budge and continued with their drive.