Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib. April.15, 2020: On the completion of the five year tenure of elected Municipal Councillors of Municipal Council Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib on 13th April, the government issued the notification to dissolve the elected body and SDM Fatehgarh Sahib Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma took over as the administrative of the council today.
He said that his priority will be to increase the income of the Council by inspecting all the site plans sanctioned during the last five years and to accertain whether the construction has been made as per site plan. He said the violators will be fined and after taking charges their existing buildings will be regularised. He said those who got the site plan sanctioned as residential and using the building for commercial purpose will be fined and CLU ( Change of Land User) charges will be recovered. He said the recovery of Municipal Council charges of water, sewerage, property tax will be recovered strictly as per government instructions. He said all the illegal encroachments will be removed and the Rehri Walas vegetable vendors will be allotted site at Grain Market.
He said that after that development works will be initiated, which have come t standstill since long due to groupism among the councillors.
It is worth mentioning that the Council was ruled by Presidents belonging to SAD(B) from the last five years. Since Capt. Government took over the local Congress MLA though succeeded to induct certain BJP and Independent Councillors in Congress but he could not manage to remove the President.