Ludhiana, Aug. 1 -- Residents of Kidwai Nagar have raised strong objections to the municipal corporation's (MC) decision to build an overhead water tank inside their park by cutting down nearly 10 fully grown silver oak trees.

Reportedly, the municipal corporation is constructing water storage tanks across Ludhiana under a World Bank-funded project aimed at improving the city's water supply infrastructure. As part of this initiative, an overhead tank is planned inside the park in Kidwai Nagar.

According to residents, the MC had initially selected a barren patch of land within the same park for the tank, which would have involved removing only two or three trees. However, they allege that the authorities quietly changed the construction ...