Ludhiana: MC’s house has resisted the resolution to take over 18 colonies and schemes of Greater Ludhiana Development Authority (GLADA) for maintenance and development purposes at the General House MC meeting on Tuesday.
The proposal was dropped when several board members, representing these areas, demanded for the same thing while saying that Gladada had funds for development work and would be better if the MC did not take over this colony as it is now.
Congress Council member Vineet Bhatia and Umesh Sharma said, “We are unable to bring these colonies under MC’s jurisdiction because most of the time, Civic’s body without funds but the reverse Gladada has enough funds for the same thing.” They said they did not get funds from Civic’s body in the past too.
However, the Mayor of Balarn Sandhu, said if Board members objected to the proposal, they could not move forward with the same.
Officials have sat on this proposal to take over this colony for years.
The MC and Gladada technical team conducted a survey in the colony to check what type of basic facility was absent in these colonies.
Officials claimed that several street lights, roads, bridges and other works were waiting in these colonies and about RS 21 Crores would be spent on work.
If this proposal is given approval, Gladada will pay the amount of time this one to the Civic body to carry out development work.
In the proposal, the colony should be taken over by sector 32-A and Sanjay Gandhi Colony, Central Park and the green belt Pocket EWS and a static compactor site 32 sectors, sector 33, 100 square meters in sector 39, sector 39 -A, commercial pocket in the sector 39, sector 40, commercial pocket and park in phase IV focal point dughari kalan, phase 3 dugri road, 200 feet of dugri road, link, commercial bag phase 1 and 2 urban estate dugri, train under the bridge near Lodhi Club, site Commercial canal colonies near Nehru Sidhant Kendra, old sites and old Kotwali sites.