Amritsar MC demolishes 12 under-construction shops in Bharariwal

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 26

The Municipal Town Planning wing of the MC demolished 12 under-construction shops near the FCI godown in the Bharariwal area here on Friday. Land mafia has been attempting for long to grab the municipal corporation’s land by constructing shops there. Recently, some miscreants started the construction of around 25 shops and over 12 of them were raised above the DPC level.

The MTP wing also got complaints in the regard recently. Municipal Town Planner (MTP) Narinder Sharma constituted a team comprising ATP Varinder Mohan, Building Inspectors Navdeep Kumar and Navtej Kaur to take action. The MTP wing team along with demolition staff and policemen reached the spot and demolished the walls of the under-construction shops.

According to information, there were some politically influential persons who were patronising the land grabbers. MTP wing officials reportedly switched off their mobiles during action to avoid any interference. Narinder Sharma said, “We will not tolerate any encroachment on the government land. Legal action would be taken against the encroachers.”

Besides, the MTP wing also demolished an illegal colony on Chabal Road. The demolition team razed the boundary wall of the colony with a ditch machine. The main road of the colony was also dug. The MTP wing officials stated that some local colonisers illegally planned a colony on two and a half acres and were selling plots.