Mohali, Feb. 10 -- A decade after six villages were brought under the purview of Mohali municipal corporation (MC), a bureaucratic hurdle is preventing the civic body from utilising valuable land within its jurisdiction.

Despite taking over these villages before 2014, the revenue department has yet to transfer ownership of the shamlat land (village common land) to the MC. This means the civic body cannot use the land for any new development projects, as ownership remains on paper with the panchayat department.

Mohali MC Commissioner T Benith has now renewed the call for the revenue department to expedite the transfer and demarcation of the land.

The commissioner has also directed the Mohali Tehsildar to demarcate the shamlat land in ea...