Ludhiana MC demolishes slums along Buddha Nullah

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 3

The Municipal Corporation on Saturday demolished around 40 slums along Buddha Nullah. During the drive, some slum dwellers also opposed and raised questions over the civic body’s drive.

Municipal Corporation officials said these encroachments had come up on the land along Buddha Nullah. The encroachments were removed by using JCB machines. The civic body had earlier removed encroachments from the back of dairies on Tajpur Road and also near Upkar Nagar bridge.

Articles of some slum dwellers were allegedly damaged during the demolition drive. “The slum dwellers had been staying there for a long time but they have not been rehabilitated. We were not given enough time to get our articles shifted by the civic body,” a dweller alleged.

The Municipal Corporation’s Assistant Town Planner MS Bedi said they removed around 40 encroachments today. He said the drive remained peaceful as no slum dwellers opposed the drive.

Sewer pipes are to be installed on both sides of Buddha Nullah under the Rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah project worth Rs 650 crore. Electricity transformers and poles are also to be shifted from the both sides of the nullah.