Development charge hike irks Hoshiarpur residents

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 24

Rana PK, a leader of Rashtriya Awami Manch along with members of the manch, met Hoshiarpur Mayor Surinder Shinda and demanded withdrawal of the hike in development charge. In a press release issued here, Rana said the Mayor said residents of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Bathinda are already paying the charges and the government has asked Hoshiarpur to do the same.

He said the delegation pleaded that these are big cities and rich people live there, whereas Hoshiarpur is a backward area with majority of the people belonging to middle income group, who are already facing financial difficulties due to Covid.

After discussing the matter with Mayor, Rana said he assured that soon after convening a meeting of the house, he will present a proposal to cancel the charges.

Rana PK said if the hike was not cancelled , a mass movement will be started taking along residents of the city and Rashtriya Awami Manch will campaign against the state government.

Mayor’s associate councillor Mohit Saini and members of the Rashtriya Awami Manch namely Vipan Thakur, Rishi Thakur, Ishant Sethi, Surjit Singh, Narinder Singh, Navdeep Kumar, Rahul Kumar and Balveer Singh were present.