as commissioner of municipal corporation of ludhiana draft and issue a notice who encroach upon roads and other public places
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MOHALI: The municipal corporation (MC) has issued a public notice warning those who have encroached upon government land to vacate within 21 days or face penalty of Rs 10,000, apart from a demolition drive. The public notice was issued on September 3 and now only 17 days left to take action, said MC commissioner Bhupinder Pal Singh.
He said the MC has issued a public notice to all those who have encroached upon MC land by fencing it, constructing sheds or gazebos or demolishing boundary walls of houses to include MC land inside the residential plot area.
Bhupinder Pal Singh said, "Mohali MC recently conducted a survey, after which around 4,000 persons who have encroached upon MC land were identified. The survey points out that encroachments were made by administrative officers, police officers, politicians and city residents. Many people have demolished their walls to include MC land in their plot area, violating building bylaws. After demolishing the illegal structure and encroachments, we will also issue building bylaw violation notices."
The survey was done following RTI information desired by deputy mayor Manjit Singh Sethi regarding declaration of house numbers and nature of encroachments done by city residents.
Sethi said according to the report, houses occupied by senior IAS, PCS officers, IPS, PPS officers posted in the state and living in Mohali have been identified in the survey report. House numbers of many high-profile political leaders and ministers have also been listed.
In Mohali, encroachments include fences or hedges on boundary walls. Erecting pillars to support the mesh also falls under encroachment. Residents have constructed staircases outside boundary walls of their houses on green belts, which are encroachments.
A few residents have demolished boundary walls to include MC land area inside their plots. Extending the main gate on MC land outside driveways to use it for vehicle parking also falls under encroachments.