Sarabjit Ludhianvi, Ludhiana, August 20, 2009: Ludhiana MP and the national spokesperson of the Congress, Manish Tewari today revealed that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation had lied to him in writing while replying to certain queries about various projects. Calling their bluff, Tewari said, the issue was not the refusal to approve the development projects by the centre, but incompetence on part of the corporation to submit foolproof and proper project reports.
Tewari had sought the details and status of various developmental projects including those for which project reports had been submitted and which are of prime importance to the development of the city. These projects include eight laning of 7.8 km Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana from Jagaraon Bridge to Municipal Limits, construction of four lane railway overbridge with a two lane leg towards bus stand on railway crossing at Pakhowal Road, Dana Mandi and Shastri Nagar.
After getting elected Tewari had written to the Ministry of Urban Development seeking details and status of various developmental projects in the Ludhiana district and the city. He had also sought information from the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.
While the union Urban Development ministry made it clear that these projects had been returned to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation with certain comments and clarifications. The experts in the ministry had noted certain shortcomings in the detailed project reports. It had asked the corporation to submit fresh project reports. Tewari made it clear, the projects had neither been rejected nor were these pending with the central government, but the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation was sleeping over these as it was not able to submit proper projects reports for approval according to the requirements of the ministry.
Tewari said, instead of giving exact status of the projects the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Commissioner wrote back to him saying these projects had been submitted to the railways for cost sharing purpose while the exact matter was something different. “Either the commissioner was lying knowingly or he was ignorant”, Tewari observed.
He said, the detailed project reports had been outsourced from an outside agency by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation at a very good price. He demanded that the matter must be probed as who hired the agency and how much money was paid to it and that too for a sketchy and tardy reports which were found to be incomplete and were returned to the corporation by the ministry.
He sought to make it clear that the central government had not rejected any of the proposals submitted for approval. It had only sought detailed clarification which the municipal corporation has not been able to do so far. “It is the matter of inefficiency and incompetence of the corporation which they are trying to conceal”, he pointed out, while adding, the MC should admit to its shortcomings and submit fresh proposals.
IN fact the matter is quite hold and has been pending with the corporation since much before the parliamentary elections, Tewari said.
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It is terrific to see Mr. Tiwari as a M.P and AICC secy..Tiwari ji i want to ur attention towards certain matters related to Ludhiana.
first,I want to make u aware that Suvidha centre running in DC office in new courts,after this landmark development of Suvidha centre,there r still existing irregularities in centre,Middle men r still exploiting people in the premises of suvidha centre and Challans cut by Police did not reach in time and people have to meke rounds n rounds to pay challans and for other works.Suvidha centre has become “asuvidha entre”.
Secondly,to make clear status of Ludhiana metro rail project and International airport of Ludhiana and waht efforts r being made by centre and state govt to complete these projects which r looking in Limbo.Theae projects are need of hour to make people relieve from traffic and to save their time and to get international status of metro city.
Nothing has been done to construct railway link between Ludhiana to chandigarh and Nawanshahar which is the prime need of the city..Same is with bridge over satluj on rahon road to connect Ludhiana with Rahon and Nawanshahar.Thais is long awaited project which will reduce distane of near about 25 kms between Ludhiana and nawanshahar.
Kindly make review of these projects..will govt wiil complete these projects or have gone in Limbo forever
Tiwariji, I have to draw your attention to the recent happening in Punjab- Enquiry report of CBI in case in Secretary’s appointments in Punjab against then Minister Coop Societies, now occupying the seat of speaker in Punjab Assembly. The equiry has been reported to have been dropped by Vibhan Sabha on the plea that man is innocent unless proved. It is a clear case of mismanagement of public money and public image.
Then recent case of submitting forged bills to Ludhiana Munical Corporation agaist three contractors. Charges against them are submitted forged bills, duplicate payments etc. Again Ludhiana Municipal Corporation House decided not to file FIR in these cases.
I hope you are competent enough to take up these issues at appropriate levels. It involves public money and public trust even.
Hoping to hear soon from your end
it was realy nice to see Mr.Tiwari as MP of a majot city and he is askign certain information from the state goverment and MCL . i have seen the same in the daily online eddition of The Tribune too. MR.Tiwari was a young , dynamic and solid MP which ludhiana has seen after a long gap. i m from ludhiana byt now an NRI. i will be happy to see if MR.Tiwari can get all those information form state goverment as well as from MCL.
all tyhe best to MR.Tiwari.
Thanks
yash