In view of festive season, civic body inspectors to keep vigil till late hours

The civic body was recently rapped by the UT Administration for allowing stalls in the parking areas of sectors 19 and 22, despite orders by the administration against such an arrangement.

Joint Commissioner Virender Chaudhary Monday extended the duty hours of MC inspectors till 9.30 pm. Earlier, the work hours were from 11 am-7 pm.

The civic body was recently rapped by the UT Administration for allowing stalls in the parking areas of sectors 19 and 22, despite orders by the administration against such an arrangement. In a meeting held Monday, Chaudhary pulled up the inspectors of the enforcement wing for not keeping a thorough check on encroachment. According to Chaudhary, the encroachers in sectors 19 and 22 are back to the parking lots after the duty hours of MC inspectors are over.

“We wont allow stalls in the parking lots at any cost,” said Chaudhary. The MC has even sought help from UT Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sukhchain Singh Gill to go strict on encroachers.

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The SSP said, “I have directed my Station House Officers to assist the MC’s enforcement wing in keeping day-long vigil. Those found encroaching will be booked under Section 283 of the IPC.” Stalls have been allowed to be put up from October 27-29 as the city gears up for Karva Chauth, which is on October 30.

President of the market association in Sector 22, Vishu Duggal said, “I want to thank the authorities for going strict on the encroachers. Visitors to the market face a lot of inconvenience when the parking lots get congested with these stalls.”are (sans taxes).

Hina Rohtaki

Hina Rohtaki is a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh. She covers Chandigarh administration and other cross beats. In this field for over a decade now, she has also received the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award by the President of India in January 2020. She tweets @HinaRohtaki ... Read More

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