Government orders release of Rs 50K to make direct way to Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar’s home in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 10

Despite repeated demands, the government has failed to ensure the repair of the ancestral house of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar at Mohalla Naughara in Ludhiana. Members of All-India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust have also blamed the authorities concerned for delaying the process of making a direct way from Chaura Bazar to the martyr’s ancestral home.

Responding to the MC’s letter in this regard, the Department of Local Government on Tuesday asked the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) to release an amount of Rs 50,000 to the Department of Economics and Sociology, PAU, Ludhiana, to conduct a social impact assessment for acquiring 40 sq yards of land required to make a direct way to the martyr’s house from Chaura Bazar. Besides, a memorial would also be constructed by the LIT.

Tribhuvan Thapar, a member of the trust, said, “We have been making repeated requests to the authorities concerned to ensure repair of the martyr’s house but to no avail. The government must direct the authorities to ensure repair of the house and beautification of the area at the earliest.”

He further demanded that the process to make a direct way to the birthplace of the martyr should be expedited. He also demanded that a security guard be deployed outside the martyr’s house so that nobody could dump garbage there. Notably, the trust members have been complaining about unsanitary conditions near the martyr’s house for a long time but the civic body had failed to take necessary action to date.

“We have also deployed workers on our own to carry out repairs outside the house,” said Tribhuvan Thapar.