Slug: Demolishing ‘illegal’ hotel
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, November 24
A team of the Municipal Town Planning wing of the MC, tasked with demolishing an “illegal” hotel in Partap Gali (Hathi Khana), did a mere eyewash exercise on Tuesday as civic body employees removed just a few plates of shuttering and came back.
The hotel building was illegally constructed in a narrow lane. The building owner had reportedly completed three-storey building during the lockdown imposed in the wake of the covid-19 outbreak.
The MTP wing of the MC had sealed the building in March.
Complainant, Rakesh Gupta, said, the hotel was being constructed on a 3-ft narrow lane and It’s a serious violation of the building bylaws.
After a fresh complaint, the MTP wing led by Building Inspector Paramjit Singh removed shuttering plates today.
MC Commissioner Komal Mittal assured the complainant that they would file a complaint against the building owner for breaking the seal and get a police case registered against him.
It is pertinent to mention that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had imposed a ban on construction of buildings around the Golden Temple in the walled city area in 2012. Despite ban, around 500 hotels were constructed.
Without taking care of fire safety norms, hoteliers constructed multi-storey buildings in narrow streets near the Golden Temple.
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