Notice to Jalandhar Mayor over illegal colonies

The office of Lokpal has issued notice to Mayor Vaneet Dhir and eight others, including MC Commissioner and MTP. A complaint against the mushrooming of illegal colonies was filed by Karanpreet Singh. He had alleged corruption in the corporation.

The Mayor and others have been asked to appear on August 21.

In his complaint, he mentioned that there were clear instructions from the government that no illegal colony will come up after 2018 and that also shall be regularised under regularisation policy. In his complaint, he mentioned that nothing was being done by MC officials to curb the mushrooming of illegal colonies.

Recently, in another notice, the MC Commissioner was also called by the office of Lokpal.

Jalandhar