Residents welfare body seeks white paper on funds, their usage

The Federation of Sectors Welfare Association Chandigarh (FOSWAC) has demanded that the UT Administration should issue a white paper regarding the availability of funds for the city and their usage.

During an executive committee meeting of FOSWAC, its chairman Baljinder Singh Bittu stated that the functioning of the MC had been totally jeopardised due to financial crunch. Parking problem in markets is a matter of concern for all residents as even after paying parking fee, they do not get any space to park, he said.

Simmi Sandhu, president of the Resident Welfare Association, Sector 27, said that the security issue regarding senior citizens in their sector was a matter of concern as anti-social elements kept frequenting their area. She was very critical regarding the way the MC was dealing with the dog menace. She appealed to the FOSWAC to file a PIL in the high court in this regard.

Harinderjit Singh, president of RWA, Sector 18, said that the traffic congestion near the New Public School and an eye hospital had been troubling the residents living in their vicinity. There was an urgent need to depute permanent traffic policemen to regulate traffic during school hours, he added.