Residents seek action against ‘encroachment’ by Ludhiana MC staffer

Ludhiana, August 1

Residents of Aman Vihar in Chandar Nagar area of the city have complained to the MC against an alleged encroachment in a street of the area.

Anirudh Sharma, one of the residents, alleged that the encroachment had been raised by an employee of the Municipal Corporation (MC) Ludhiana. He alleged that the residents were forced to suffer as a portion of the residential structure had been constructed on the road.

He said, “We had complained to the civic body in the past too and a team of the MC had once gone to raze the encroachment but it returned without taking any action.”

As per the complaint, signed by some residents, they had even requested the alleged encroacher to get it removed but to no avail. The residents further said that they had also complained to the police regarding the alleged encroachment.

Now, the residents want MC Commissioner to order the officials concerned to take action and get the encroachment removed from the street.

The complainants also threatened that if action was not taken against the violation, they would be forced to stage a protest against the civic body.

MS Bedi, MC’’s Assistant town planner, Zone D, said the civic body had given some time to the encroacher to vacate the land. “We will take action against the encroachment by coming Tuesday,” he said. — TNS