Indian Express 04.05.2010
Another demolition drive in Jawahar Nagar on cards
Raakhi Jagga Tags : corporation, demolition drive, encroachment Posted: Tuesday , May 04, 2010 at 2337 hrs
Ludhiana: Additional Commissioner K P Brar conducts survey of area, councillor alleges bias by MC
After a massive demolition exercise in Jawahar Nagar camp in which over 500 illegal structures were demolished, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation will soon carry out the second phase of the demolition drive. Additional Commissioner KP Brar today conducted a fresh survey of the area and said 900 such encroachments in the inner lanes would be demolished soon. These encroachments have made lanes narrow as residents have constructed rooms, tiolets on roads.
The area has more than 1400 encroachments .
However, area councillor Kapil Kumar Sonu has alleged ‘pick-and-choose’ policy of the MC. While raising the issue in the MC House, he said,”I am not against the demolition exercise, but action should be taken against all. Before conducting the demolition drive in Jawahar Nagar in January, 17 encroachments of posh Sarabha Nagar were also marked but they have not been demolished till date while surveys after surveys are being conducted in our area.It seems that MC is focusing only on the poor while the rich are being spared.”
Sonu had asked the MC commissioner to be fair in the encroachment drives, which are carried across the city.
