Sushil Goyal,Tribune News Service
Sangrur, February 28, 2009. Encroachment on government land, especially highways, by individuals and institutions in Sangrur town has been going on due to lack of concern of government officials of the departments concerned.
Many cases of encroachment are pending in courts. Kamal Anand, an activist of the People for Transparency, an NGO, got this information from the Municipal Council (MC), the PWD B&R and the Central Works Division (PWD B&R) here under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
He said many encroached lands were under the possession of encroachers as they had moved courts. The MC had identified 84 encroachments.
The encroached places were in the possession of individuals, religious institutions and government departments. About 22,400 sq yd of council land had been encroached on by the government by constructing a youth hostel there. Besides this, 505 sq yd of the council land was in the possession of a homoeopathic dispensary, he added.
Nearly 100 encroachments on National Highway-64 from Mahavir Chowk (near civil hospital) to fountain chowk (near district library) in a stretch of 3.6 km in Sangrur have been identified by the CWD (PWD B&R). These encroachments are by individuals and others on both sides of the highway.
The Provincial Division (PWD B&R), Sangrur, has also identified 23 encroachments on the road from Nabha Gate Kishanpura to Shivam Chowk in the town. Most of the encroachments are by individuals, while at one place, where a pump house of the council is situated, has also been included in the list of encroached land.
Anand asked the government why it had turned a blind eye to encroachments in the town and failed to remove these.
Sangrur, February 28, 2009. Encroachment on government land, especially highways, by individuals and institutions in Sangrur town has been going on due to lack of concern of government officials of the departments concerned.
Many cases of encroachment are pending in courts. Kamal Anand, an activist of the People for Transparency, an NGO, got this information from the Municipal Council (MC), the PWD B&R and the Central Works Division (PWD B&R) here under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
He said many encroached lands were under the possession of encroachers as they had moved courts. The MC had identified 84 encroachments.
The encroached places were in the possession of individuals, religious institutions and government departments. About 22,400 sq yd of council land had been encroached on by the government by constructing a youth hostel there. Besides this, 505 sq yd of the council land was in the possession of a homoeopathic dispensary, he added.
Nearly 100 encroachments on National Highway-64 from Mahavir Chowk (near civil hospital) to fountain chowk (near district library) in a stretch of 3.6 km in Sangrur have been identified by the CWD (PWD B&R). These encroachments are by individuals and others on both sides of the highway.
The Provincial Division (PWD B&R), Sangrur, has also identified 23 encroachments on the road from Nabha Gate Kishanpura to Shivam Chowk in the town. Most of the encroachments are by individuals, while at one place, where a pump house of the council is situated, has also been included in the list of encroached land.
Anand asked the government why it had turned a blind eye to encroachments in the town and failed to remove these.
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