Check misuse of power
The MHA audit report shows glaring examples of misuse of power. City residents are angry as game of thousands of crores is being played at the expense of the common man. The officials and the president appointee will move to their new places of postings and the residents will be left to face the consequence of their actions. In times to come, there won’t be any development in the city, as everything will be under scanner. The Centre should take steps to clear this cloud. In future, misuse of power should be checked. At present, the Administration is playing into the hands of a few persons, who are not accountable to democratic forces.

Kumar Gaurav
Chandigarh

Troubled times
This refer to a report “MHA audit finds penalty clause missing from agreements, slams UT” (Newsline, October 19). The UT Administration is shocked that most of the mega projects it had initiated have created controversies. The UT officials have got embroiled in a major controversy over the contentious multi-billion rupee land deals. At one hand, the Central Vigilance Commission has recommended a CBI probe into these mega projects, and on the other, the MHA audit report has highlighted gross anomalies in the procedure followed. Then there is the open fight between the Administrator and his Adviser, which has crossed all limits. The Centre should take immediate steps to restore normalcy so that development work in the city does not suffer.

M L Garg
Chandigarh

Chandigarh’s black phase
End of tenure of a government or post provides an opportunity to assess its performance, as were are doing in case of the UT Administrator, whose tenure ends next month. The Administrator has done so much for the down-trodden, the mentally retarded and street children. During his tenure, Chandigarh has done tremendous progress, part of which was natural, but some has been due to his ideas. But the fight with his Adviser, who was never allowed to advise, will be known as a black phase in the history of the city beautiful.

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