Upcoming mega projects will choke Chandigarh

The Chandigarh Sanjha Morcha would be intensifying its Save Chandigarh campaign.

The Chandigarh Sanjha Morcha (CSM) would be intensifying its Save Chandigarh campaign. The decision was taken at a meeting of the steering committee of the morcha held at Khuda Ali Sher on Sunday. The members said there was a need to fight the onslaught of the UT Administration,and the dictatorial and indifferent attitude adopted towards villages.

CSM President Brig K S Kahlon (Retd) questioned the wisdom of the UT planners to concentrate on all mega projects such as Education City,Medicity,Film City and IT Park in Chandigarh itself. Conceived for a population of 5 lakhs,City Beautiful is already crossed double digits. All these additional projects will choke the city as it will mean more strain on the public utility services and infrastructure. It will also affect the ecology and green cover of the city, said Brig Kahlon.

The members decided to urge the UPA Government to make public the outcome of the CVC enquiry proceedings and audit report carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Home Affairs pertaining to these projects.

They also decided to urge the UPA Government to instruct UT Administration to de-notify all the land acquisition proceedings and no houses built outside the Lal Dora should be demolished.

Mam Chand ex-sarpanch of Maloya said the UT administration had announced an award for about 9 acres of land at Rs 50 lakhs an acre,for the marshy/barren land of the village. Last month in the same village about 167 acres of fertile land was acquired at the rate of Rs 30 lakhs an acre. This depicts the high handedness and discriminatory interpretation and application of the Land Acquisition Act.

A delegation of the Sanjha Morcha would meet the PM,Chairperson of UPA,and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pawan Bansal to explain the non-implementation of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy 2007 (NRRP).

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