MC removes encroachments

Officials said the recarpeting work has been assigned and will begin in a day or two.

The protesting Sector 7 residents said they would prefer to do without recarpetted roads if it was to be done at the cost of their hedges and other constructions. The Sector 7-C Residents Welfare Association has charged the MCC with acting quot;discriminately and without issuing any noticequot;. The association alleged that the authorities were adopting a quot;pick-and-choosequot; policy in removing encroachments, as no such action was taken in front of the houses of senior officials.

An MC official, when contacted, denied the welfare association8217;s allegation and said public announcements were made last evening appealing to the residents to remove all encroachments from the berms.

The roads committee comprising various municipal councillors specifies the roads which are to be recarpetted. Area Municipal Councillor Satinder Dhawan, when contacted, said the road was in a particularly bad shape and its recarpeting was long due. quot;But the MC should inform the residents beforehand and make them aware that recarpeting was in their interest,quot; she added.

As part of its recarpeting drive, the MC will remove encroachments in Sector 39 tomorrow.