JALANDHAR: Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday gave a two-week deadline to the Jalandhar mayor to act against illegal buildings and colonies. Jalandhar mayor Jagdish Raj Raja met Sidhu at his office along with Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, local MLAs Pargat Singh, Rajinder Beri and Bawa Henry. The minister told both the mayors to set their respective houses in order and report back after the deadlines assigned to them. Sidhu met both the mayors separately and gave them time to act against illegal construction.It has now become clear that after cracking down on illegal colonies and buildings in Jalandhar, Sidhu would focus on Ludhiana next. Sidhu told TOI that he had told the Jalandhar mayor to act against all 93 buildings or illegal colonies, a list of which is already with him and the MC and to report back after that.
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