Ludhiana: Members of All India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust have written a letter to chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, raising the demand to mark an inquiry into the allotment of a shop in Pink Plaza by Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (Glada). Glada officials had tried to get possession of a shop on February 12, where a canteen would be opened, but due to protest and resentment shown by shopkeepers, they had to return.Trust president Ashok Thapar claimed 47 shops were allotted to shopkeepers in Pink Plaza, who were running kiosks in Chaura Bazaar a few years ago. He said the normal rent of one shop in this market was somewhere around Rs25,000, but Glada officials allotted the shop to a canteen for just Rs3,100 which was not justified. He demanded the CM to intervene and allot the shop again at market price.Shopkeepers in the market had stopped Glada officials on Tuesday, because they had installed water coolers at the spot, from where all of them get cool water in summer. Moreover, shopkeepers claimed there were so many eateries in the market, so there was no requirement of any canteen there. Glada officials were unavailable for comment.

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