Stone laid four months ago, work on public toilets yet to see the light of day
Gurbaxpuri
Tarn Taran, July 13
The work of construction of public toilets, to be made on the alleged controversial land situated on the Chaunk Bohri Wala in Tarn Taran, by the local municipal council (MC) has not been started though the foundation stone was laid by Tarn Taran AAP MLA Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal four months ago. There were public toilets adjacent to the Powercom Complaint Centre. This complex housing both facilities was demolished about two years ago for reasons best known to the authorities concerned.
Employees of the Powercom had lodged a protest over its demolition as the department’s valuable record and the electric meters had gone missing with the disposing of the debris (malba) of the complex.
Though the MLA of the ruling party had laid the foundation stone of the public toilet on March 14, work has not been started as yet. Even the foundation was not dug to start the construction work on the land. The employees of the Powercom had brought the matter to the notice of the District Administrative Complex (DAC) authorities, but they failed to listen to them. The controversy over the missing record has not die down.
When the issue of non-starting of work on the public toilet was taken up with MC Executive Officer Kamaljit Singh here on Saturday, he said the MC has already started the process of constructing 31 seats proposed for five to six public toilets sets in the town and work on the Chaunk Bohri Wala toilets would be started in the second phase very soon.
Meanwhile, Narinder Singh, SDO, City Subdivision, Powercom, Tarn Taran, said the land belongs to the Powercom as the complaint centre had been functioning from the spot for the last 50 years and no notice was given to the Powercom before demolishing it. Gurbhej Singh Dhillon, Junior Engineer, Powercom, who is in charge of the
complaint centre, said besides the department’s record, there were damaged electric meters of the consumers, which were to be replaced and some new meters were also stored there, and all the goods went missing with the disposal of the debris.
