Ludhiana Cong stages dharna against taxes imposed by MC
Thursday, 20/12/2012
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LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana District Congress Committee led by its president Pawan Dewan today staged a dharna in front of the Municipal Corporation office against various taxes imposed on the people of the city and the lack of civic amenities.
Addressing the dharna, Dewan said, while on the one hand the corporation had failed to provide any facilities and basic amenities to the people of the city, on the other hand it had imposed exorbitant property tax and other taxes on the people.
The Congress workers also submitted a memorandum to the Punjab Governor through Municipal Commissioner seeking a white paper on the incomplete works of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. The memorandum also listed the details of several central government schemes for which the Ludhiana MC had failed to provide the matching grants with the result the people could not get any benefits.
Demanding that a white paper be issued on the functioning of the MC, it pointed out that on the eve of election a number of works were started in an unplanned way. Most of these works remain incomplete and the contractors have not been paid any money. It said, the responsibility be fixed for all these things.
The memorandum also drew the attention to the hoarding mafia running within the MC which has grabbed the precious space for advertisement. It said, while the mafia was making huge money in crores of rupees from the advertising, the Ludhiana MC had been left cashless.
