Mohali, January 22, 2019: Bhupinder Pal Singh, IAS, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar today issued prohibitory orders against the illegal use of public streets for parking vehicles which causes hindrance to free public movement, plying of emergency vehicles of police/home guard/ fire tenders/ Municipal Corporation/health ambulance services etc. He said that any violation of this order shall entail penal consequences under section 283 of IPC.
He said that these orders have been issued taking cognizance of the reports that people are generally parking their vehicles in the streets illegally which is causing obstruction to the free movement of the pedestrians but also emergency services vehicles like ambulance, fire brigade, police vehicles with law and order and Municipal Corporation services are being prevented to function normally and such type of unregulated vehicular parking on public streets/public places/ Cycle Tracks/Internal roadsis causing danger, obstruction and inconvenience to the public at large. This is also causing uneasiness and disturbing the tranquillity of the localities concerned.
He said that prohibitory orders have also been issued to dump construction and building material on the public streets, which causes hindrance to Municipal Corporation Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. Violation of this Prohibition shall be dealt and penalised under law.