Tag: Ludhiana Municipal Corporation

Infrastructure

Ludhiana Improvement Trust areas transferred to civic body await development

LUDHIANA: One of the major steps taken by the AAP government to woo voters was to shift five areas—Rajguru Nagar, Rishi Nagar, SBS Nagar, Sant Isher Singh Nagar Flats, and Sukhdev Enclave—from Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) to the municipal corporation for better maintenance. However, residents of these areas find themselves in a bind. While the LIT has given up control of these areas, the MC is yet to take over. In SBS Nagar, residents complain that no one has talked about resolving the City Centre issue. The complaints residents have about the transfer process include accumulation of garbage across the…

Regulatory

Ludhiana civic body concludes probe in property tax scam

LUDHIANA: MC Thursday completed its probe in a scam involving fudging of the payment of property tax to the civic body. A staff of MC’s zone ‘C’ office is also suspected to be involved in it. Well-placed sources said the authorities are planning to take action against the violators, both within and outside MC. The MC employee, who is a suspect, is reportedly claiming innocence. The suspect has also offered to get a narco test done, the sources said. The matter relates to a property in block 29, whose property tax was not paid from 2013 to 2024-25. MC issued…