Ludhiana, Dec. 3 -- The Ludhiana municipal corporation has sent a proposal to the state government seeking approval to expand city limits and include more than 100 surrounding villages, increasing the city's area to nearly 400 sq km, civic body commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal said on Tuesday.

The civic body has also written to Ludhiana deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain, requesting detailed land records of these villages, including land use, government properties, village boundaries, GIS maps and ownership details, to finalise the expansion plan.

A letter from the municipal corporation commissioner to the deputy commissioner office has sought urgent submission of this data, which will be collected from the concerned branches as part of th...