Ludhiana, April 26 -- The local bodies department has approved a proposal of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) for transfer of five colonies to the municipal corporation (MC), officials said on Friday. Now, LIT officials will approach the MC to hand over these schemes or colonies - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (475 acres), Maharishi Balmiki Nagar (256 acres), Rajguru Nagar (129 acres), Bharat Nagar Extension (30 acres) and Sant Isher Singh Nagar (8.4. acres). The proposal had been pending for over 12 years.

An announcement to this effect was made by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora at a press conference at MC Zone D Office, Sarabha Nagar. LIT chairman Tarsem Singh Bhinder, MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal and mayor Inderjit Kaur were also ...