Former deputy mayor of Shimla files complaint with police over parking of vehicles in Ridge area – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Shimla, Nov 30 (PTI) Former deputy mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation and CPI(M) leader Tikender Singh Panwar has filed a complaint with the police demanding action against people and officials who allowed vehicles to park and set up temporary stalls in the Ridge area.

Sharing two videos of the complaint, Panwar on Friday said he had sought registration of an FIR over the parking of two trucks and a large crane in Ridge, which is a sensitive area and no vehicular traffic is allowed in it.

Located in the heart of Shimla city, the historic ridge houses Christ Church, a neo-Gothic structure built in 1844, and a Tudorbet library building built in 1910, besides statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and YS Parmar. , the first Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

Large tanks that can hold 45 lakh liters of water were built under the ridge during the British rule. Cisterns provide drinking water to households in the capital. The ridge lies in subduction zones, and since 2000, cracks have appeared at regular intervals.

In his letter to Shimla Superintendent of Police Sanjiv Kumar Gandhi, Panwar demanded action against the owners of the trucks and the crane, the policemen who allowed them to park the vehicles on the tankers and officials of the Shimla district administration, the house. department, among other things, to provide social and community functions in the district.

The complaint also states that events are being held in Ryja, despite a high court order not to organize events there.

“I request you to accept this urgently, otherwise I will be forced to knock on the door of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which has already decided not to allow such functions in Riji. Performing these functions means disrespecting their orders,” he added.

Panwar also pointed out that stalls are being set up in Ridge, putting pressure on the tanks, despite a Himachal Pradesh High Court order banning any activity there.

He claimed that the Ridge is being turned into a commercial space.

Shimla Mayor Surender Chauhan on Friday ordered the removal of stalls in the Ridge area and directed officials to find out who allowed it. PTI BPL IJT IJT

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