BySukhpreet Singh, Ludhiana
Feb 28, 2025 11:56 PM IST
In accordance with official data, the 4 Ludhiana MC officers ready and submitted incorrect website plans for the library, which have been totally different from the details offered earlier than the NGT
The municipal company (MC) ordered the preparation of a chargesheet in opposition to 4 officers for allegedly submitting mistaken constructing plans associated to the Maharana Pratap Library, officers stated. The case is already being heard by the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT).
The case pertaining to constructing plans of the Maharana Pratap Library can also be being heard by the NGT. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
In accordance with official data, the 4 officers ready and submitted incorrect website plans for the library, which have been totally different from the details offered earlier than the NGT. Attributable to these discrepancies, the NGT had appointed a court docket commissioner to go to the location and confirm the state of affairs.
Officers recognized the accused as constructing and roads (B&R) department government engineer Rakesh Singla, B&R department sub-divisional officer (SDO) Shashikant, and B&R department junior engineers Pawanpreet Singh and Rashpal Singh
The case pertains to a petition being heard by NGT in opposition to encroachments in inexperienced belts in BRS Nagar close to Lodhi Membership and outdated GT Street.
In a listening to on October 4 final yr, MC counsel did not justify development of library within the space that marked as ‘city park/major open spaces’ within the grasp plan.
Of their defence, the officers claimed the MC’s B&R department has been working with out surveyors and draftsmen for a number of years. They stated they have been pressured to deal with a number of duties, together with election work, streetlight points and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) assignments. They argued that the errors weren’t intentional however on account of employees scarcity and work strain.
Nevertheless, senior officers discovered the reasons unsatisfactory. Regardless of repeated makes an attempt, government engineer Rakesh Singla was not obtainable for feedback.
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