The Indian Express 30.01.2014
MC wakes up to clear encroachments ahead of CM visit
Two days before Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s scheduled visit
to the area to lay the foundation stone of a hospital, Ludhiana
Municipal Corporation woke up and removed encroachments from Chandigarh
road and Tajpur road in Zone B.
On February 1, the Chief Minister will visit the area to lay
foundation stone of a hospital. On Wednesday the building branch team
and tehbazaari team led a joint operation. More than 40 slums, temporary
shops and other encroachments were removed.
Rajiv Saggar, building branch inspector said, “More than 40 jhuggis and shops have been removed which were made illegally.
We also demolished some concrete encroachments to clear the area.”
Meanwhile, a shop was sealed on Hambran Road Dhobi Ghat as the owner
failed to pay house tax despite repeated warnings. J S Sekhon,
superintendent Zone D said, “We went there to seal five shops but the
other four agreed to pay tax.”