Times of India: Ludhiana: Monday,
20 July 2020.
An RTI
activist, Rohit Sabharwal, had made a complaint at the CM office and with the
DGP against an illegal under construction building and claimed that even after
the recommendation of a FIR twice against the owner by the civic body, the
police did not register the same. It was only after the activist made repeated
complaints against the illegal building near Chand Cinema that it was recently
sealed by the civic body.
The
complaint was made on the grounds that no parking space was left for the
building where more than 60 shops were being constructed on 267 sq. yds. The
officials sealed the complex when the city-based RTI activist made a complaint
to senior officials in Chandigarh.
The
building plan was approved but two additional floors were being constructed in
the building. Besides, it had not fulfilled the fire norms and other safety
standards. In November 2019 and April 2020, the officials had recommended an
FIR against the owner of the building for violation but it was never
registered. Even in lockdown there were complaints that construction work was
going on there. Sources revealed that the building belongs to the chairman of
market committee and it was due to his influence that no action was taken on
complaints and recommendation of FIRs.
The
activist claimed that the MC officials had written a letter for registering an
FIR against the owner of the building twice and one letter was issued to
Powercom for not giving electricity connection to this building. He said it was
because of the influence of owner that the public departments did not act over
the complaints and it was with great difficulty that now it had been sealed.
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