Sarabjit Singh Bhatti
Lalru, 29 December
In Municipal Council Laldu, without passing CLU and commercial map, illegal construction business has been going on for a long time with the alleged collusion of officials and brokers, due to which the government has converted residential places and houses into multi-storied commercial sweat rooms. Crores of rupees are being stolen day by day. City residents said that a person had sold his private house for crores of rupees near Bahawalpuri Bhawan in Lalru Mandi. Later, the buyer built a multi-storied showroom on it without passing CLU and commercial map. According to the people, so far dozens of houses in the city have been demolished and illegally converted into multi-storied shows. He said that because of this, Sakkar is being cheated of crores of rupees. He has demanded an investigation from the Chief Minister and the Vigilance Wing of the Local Government Department. He has demanded strict action against the accused.
On the other hand, Junior Engineer of Municipal Council Paramjit Singh said that all the places are being personally identified and checked by him. Investigated cases of illegal conversion of houses into shops and showrooms and recovered taxes after due action.