NGOs flay replacing green belt with jogging track

AMRITSAR: The decision of the Amritsar Improvement Trust AIT to lay jogging track on the green belt has drawn flak from the NGOs which are already up in arms against the mindless cutting of trees in the city for various development projects

Updated At : 06:57 AM Jan 23, 2015 IST

<p>The bamboo cover and iron grills encroach on public land in Amritsar. A Tribune Photograph</p>

Amritsar, January 22

The decision of the Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) to lay jogging track on the green belt has drawn flak from the NGOs, which are already up in arms against the mindless cutting of trees in the city for various development projects.

Members of the Mission Aagaaz flayed replacing green belt with jogging track. They said it was an irony that on one side the AIT was trying to increase the green cover and on the other it was being uprooted for laying jogging track. They favoured green belt to be free from the encroachers. It should be developed and maintained by the improvement trust, added the members.

Deepak Babbar, Manjit Jhangra, Kashmir Gill, Vishal Sharma, Kailash Sharma, Poonam, Laxmi Gill and Parveen were present during the meeting.—TNS