With broom in hand, MLA joins villagers in cleaning park

Ludhiana: Holding a broom in hand, SAD MLA from Dakha constituency Manpreet Ayali spent his Sunday morning in a sports park of Gujjarwal village for cleaning it. The park had been facing utter neglect and when villagers approached the MLA last week, he not only arranged funds for its maintenance, but also joined people for its cleaning. He asked youngsters in village to take care of the sports park on their own.
Ayali shared that the sports park was among those which were developed during the SAD-BJP regime. He said they had made these parks for the betterment of public. He claimed that when the Congress took over some of the parks lost their sheen as these were not maintained properly.
He said, “On Sunday morning, I preferred joining the public in cleaning the park. We swept it thoroughly and I asked people to do its cleaning at least once a week.” He said these parks were to be used by the public, so they should not depend upon any authority to take its care. He said youngsters would carry on with grass cutting and other cleaning in the park.
He said they have collected Rs 3 lakh (1.5 lakh from him and Rs 1.5 lakh from panchayat) for the repair and maintenance of this park. Ayali also claimed that they would replicate the same in some other neglected parks as well soon.
Meanwhile, a villager, Harjit Singh, said, “There is no harm in cleaning the park but major encouragement was the involvement of the MLA in this task. It encouraged the youngsters to do work with own hands without caring for anything.” He said now they had decided to clean the park regularly.