Kharar MC limits extended

According to the notification, the objections which had been invited through a preliminary notification issued on October 16, were rejected in public interest after giving them the necessary hearing.

The residents of the areas which had been included in the Kharar municipal limits and the village panchayats of Santemajra and Khunimajra had lauded the expansion, the notification adds.

When contacted, Principal Secretary N. K. Arora said the village panchayats of the areas within the expanded limits would be automatically dissolved from the date of the issuance of the notification.

He said the newly included areas would be represented during the next general civic elections, adding that there was no provision within the Punjab Municipal Act to do so immediately by holding civic by-elections.

Meanwhile, the Kharar Municipal Council has adopted the notifications issued to this effect by the Punjab government and shifted its octroi check-posts from the present limits to the extended limits today morning.