The Times of India 14.03.2013
Shopkeepers resist MC's anti-encroachment drive
LUDHIANA: Strong resistance from the shopkeepers in Gurh Mandi of Chaura Bazaar forced the municipal corporation team that had gone to remove encroachments from the locality to return without action on Wednesday.
The MC officials, however, gave them two days to show documental evidence to prove they have not encroached land. The team included municipal town planner Raj Kumar, assistant town planner Kamaljeet Kaur, duty magistrate Gagandeep Singh and a police party.
Many shops at the Gurh Mandi have been illegally built. As the situation heated up during the anti-encroachment drive, the officials decided to give the protesting shopkeepers two days to show relevant documents to prove that they had not encroached the area around their shops.
The MC officials, however, gave them two days to show documental evidence to prove they have not encroached land. The team included municipal town planner Raj Kumar, assistant town planner Kamaljeet Kaur, duty magistrate Gagandeep Singh and a police party.
Many shops at the Gurh Mandi have been illegally built. As the situation heated up during the anti-encroachment drive, the officials decided to give the protesting shopkeepers two days to show relevant documents to prove that they had not encroached the area around their shops.
