Check corruption in Ludhiana MC, demands Congress leader Parminder Mehta

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 13

A Congress leader and former councillor, Parminder Mehta, has demanded from the state government to take necessary steps for the elimination of alleged corruption in the Municipal Corporation (MC), Ludhiana.

While addressing a press conference, along with his aides, on Tuesday, Mehta said the civic body had failed to act against mushrooming illegal constructions in the city.

He alleged that the MC had also failed to take action in various scams while the parking contractor at the multilevel parking lot was fleecing visitors under the nose of MC officials.

The Congress leader said no action had been taken in a fuel scam till date. He also raised questions over the working of the Finance and Contract Committee of the MC.

He said people were facing a lot of harassment due to the digging of roads for the installation of drainage and sewer pipes during the rainy season. He also blamed some MC officials for allegedly fixing the commission fee in ongoing projects. On the other hand, honest officers of the civic body was being ignored, he alleged.

Mehta alleged that some officials had been exploiting safai karamcharis and sewer men, adding that open garbage dumps across the city were crying for attention.

He said: “I demand from the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to look into the working of the corporation and take action against officials who failed to perform their duties.”