Will go on fast if direct way not made to martyr Sukhdev’s home, says Trust chief

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 9

Members of the Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust accused Municipal Corporation (MC) officials of delaying the process of acquiring a piece of land for making a direct way from Chaura Bazaar to the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar at Naughara Mohalla here.

President of the Trust Ashok Thapar said if land was not acquired for making a direct way within 15 days, he, along with other organisations, would sit on a fast outside the residence of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

Ashok said: “We have been demanding for a long time but the process to make a direct way to the martyr’s birthplace is being delayed by the authorities concerned. I don’t know why the land is not being acquired for making the direct way to the birthplace. Earlier a group of experts was formed by the government for acquiring the land but the MC took no action in this regard.”

Another Trust member said the state government should order the Department of Local Bodies and the MC, Ludhiana, to take action for making the direct way to the martyr’s home. If a direct way was made, the visitors would easily reach the martyr’s ancestral house from Chaura Bazaar, he said.

Earlier, the MC had been planning beautification of the area outside the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar. The Trust members are also demanding repair/renovation of the martyr’s ancestral house.