Amritsar MC demolishes illegal portion of hotel near Darbar Sahib
Amritsar, August 26
After a formal complaint by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann about the illegal construction of a hotel near Darbar Sahib, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation took action against it early this morning. The Municipal Town Planning (MTP) wing of the MC partially demolished the hotel around 6 am.
The owner of this 35-year-old building was getting the lintel constructed atop it. The SGPC had complained about this illegal construction to the municipal corporation around a month ago. On Sunday, during the visit of CM Bhagwant Mann at Darbar Sahib, SGPC officials informed him about the illegal construction around Darbar Sahib and asked to take action in this regard. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately issued directions to MC officials to take appropriate action against the illegal construction.
On the directions of MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh, the work of demolishing the new lintel was initiated by the MTP wing around 6 am. To demolish this under-construction portion of the hotel, Municipal Town Planner (MTP) Mehrban Singh, ATP Paramjit Dutta, ATP Parminderjit Singh, Building Inspector Navjot Kaur, Building Inspector Manish Kumar, MC police personnel and a large number of workers were present on the spot.
The process of demolishing the lintel continued till evening. MTP Mehrban Singh said the owner of the building was getting the lintel constructed atop it. He said notices were given to the owner of the building earlier and the construction work was also stopped. He said as there was no response to the notice, action was taken this morning and the newly raised lintels were demolished.
MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said illegal constructions will not be tolerated. Action will be taken against illegal constructions as per the rules and laws. He appealed to the people to start construction only after getting the approval of the building plan from the municipal corporation.
