Ludhiana Improvement Trust Chairman charged with encroachment upon park

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, October 1

BJP leader and state secretary of the Pradhan Mantri Jankalyankari Yojna Prachar Prasar Abhiyan, Vineet Pal Singh Monga today held a protest along with his supporters, charging Chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) Raman Balasubramanium with encroachment in a public park in G-block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, which is located on the rear side of his private residence in Inder Nagar.

In a complaint lodged with the Chief Secretary, Punjab, with copies to Principal Secretary, Local Government, Punjab; Chief Vigilance Officer, Local Government, Punjab; and the Director General of Punjab Police, the BJP leader has demanded a high-level Vigilance probe and registration of an FIR against him for misuse of public property, especially a park/green belt.

The complaint said the LIT Chairman had illegally opened an iron gate from his newly constructed house into the LIT park, has constructed illegal stairs, installed two big generator sets in the park, constructed illegal car parking drive way, got the boundary wall of iron grills installed and in addition, an iron gate had also been put up at the park, which was a clear case of gross violation of the approved town planning scheme.

The BJP leaders alleged that residents in the Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar Colony and surrounding localities had been denied access to the public park. They said though no private colony (like Inder Nagar) could have direct access with the approved government colony (BRS Nagar), which was the town planning scheme of the LIT, the trust Chairman had got an illegal road constructed, connecting the private colony (Inder Nagar) with the BRS Nagar Colony.

They have demanded a Vigilance inquiry to bring out all facts and at the same time registration of an FIR against the LIT Chairman for misuse of the property (of LIT) of which he was supposedly a custodian in the official capacity.

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