BJP councillor opens his office near Kashmir Nagar dump

Shivani Bhakoo

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Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 8

Sore over the lackadaisical approach of the Municipal Corporation authorities towards resolving the demands of residents of Ward Number 18, BJP councillor Inder Aggarwal today opened his office near a garbage dump in the Kashmir Nagar area. At the makeshift office near the dump, Aggarwal was joined in by other BJP leaders and local residents as he listened to the grievances of people. 

The councillor as well as the local residents have demanded the removal of garbage dump from the area as it had made their lives miserable. 

Accompanied by the BJP leader, Parveen Bansal, former chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust Subhash Verma and Gurdev Debi Sharma, Aggarwal said they had been struggling for the removal of the dump from the area for a year but all their pleas had fallen on deaf ears. 

“I raised the issue at every meeting of general House of the MC, but none bothers about resolving the matter. The ganda nullah from Shivaji Nagar to the cremation ground in Ward Number 18 needs to be covered. Tenders were floated and work orders given but the authorities have not started work to date. Near the dump, there runs an illegal fish market, which adds to the miseries of the local residents. Stinking leftover of fish is thrown at the dump. It attracts stray animals and eagles, which give a tough time to commuters,” said Aggarwal.

Parveen Bansal, former president of the BJP district unit, said the rainy season had compounded the problems of the residents, who were up in arms against the MC authorities. The garbage dump is a breeding ground for vectors and residents fear the outbreak of diseases in the area. “The garbage dump needs to be removed at the

earliest to provide respite to the residents,” said Bansal.

Yogesh Handa, president of the Youth Congress Central Constituency, said the BJP leader was just indulging in a political stunt before the MC elections. He said it was the BJP government in power in the state earlier. What had he done for Kashmir Nagar residents? Now when he has no  answers to the questions raised by residents of his ward, he was trying to divert the issue, said Handa.