Minister warns MCs to ''clean up'' within four days

Ambala, Sep 13 (UNI) Haryana Local Bodies Minister A C Chaudhary today threatened sanitation and maintenance department officials with transfer if they failed to clean, within four days, the dirty drains and garbage heaps from the areas in their councils in Ambala City and Ambala Sadar.

Expressing his displeasure over the working of municipal councils here, the minister said encroachments and unauthorized construction should be removed immediately and warned that the encroachers and corrupt officials with whose connivance such illegal activities were going on would be dealt with heavy hand.

The Minister, while interacting with the media here, said that after his visit to the twin towns, he had called the executive officers of councils and upbraided them over the poor condition of sanitation.

He said that he would be visiting the cities shortly and they should ensure cleanliness and sanitation.

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