In order to provide shelter to beggars during night hours in winter, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) has decided to give them shelter in vacant octroi post cabins till they can build a shelter house for them. Confirming this, MC Commissioner A K Sinha said, “The government has asked us to ensure shelter for beggars in night hours because many of them sleep on roadsides in cold weather. So for the time being, we have decided to house them in the vacant octroi post cabins built in various locations of the city. Because ever since octroi was abolished, these cabins have been lying useless.” However, this idea has not gone well with the shopkeepers of Gill Goad, who protested today against the proposal. Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha market on Gill Road, Dashmesh market, Industrial Area-B market and few other market associations carried out a dharna outside the Gill Road octroi office.
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