1000 jhuggis razed for four-laning

The demolition drive on the G. T. Road continued this morning when the civic staff, led by Additional Commissioner Daljit Singh, descended on the site and issued a warning to the jhuggi dwellers to remove their belongings and shift to other places.

Three cranes and a few bulldozers were employed to remove the encroachments. Some single-storey and double-storey pucca houses constructed on government land were also demolished.

Though there was no resistance to the drive by the jhuggi dwellers, a police team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Gurjit Singh, was also present.

According to MC officials, the anti-encroachment operation will continue till the national highway between the Old Sabzi Mandi and Jalandhar bye-pass is cleared.