Tribune News Service

Nawanshahr, May 28

Nawanshahr MLA Angad Singh and president Municipal Council Nawanshahr Sachin Diwan called on Punjab Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mahindra and discussed the problems facing the city. The MLA apprised the Cabinet Minister that at present there were two burning issues in Nawanshahr, including the inconvenience caused to the people due to a huge garbage dump, troubling the residents living nearby and the worsening situation in the city due to the strike by the council employees.

He said that the garbage dump on Musapur Road in Nawanshahr was overcrowded, which was causing a lot of hardship to the residents of the affected areas and they were forced to live in unhealthy environment. “Therefore, it is important to shift the dump out of the population,” he told the Minister.

He also apprised the Cabinet Minister that the strike of the Municipal Council employees was the second major issue for the city. “Due to the strike of the employees union, the situation in the city has deteriorated and there are piles of garbage in some places,” the MLA raised the concern.

He said that in this era of Corona epidemic, the litter on the streets was inviting other diseases, so, he appealed to the Cabinet Minister to resolve these two important issues of the city as soon as possible. Cabinet Minister Brahma Mahindra assured that a proper solution to these two issues would be found soon.

The nagar council employees union president Suraj said that they have been demanding that those karamcharis who are still working on temporary basis, must be made permanent. “Until the demands are not met, we will continue the strike,” he said.