With Indian Railways all set to start the construction of the new railway station in the city, an anti-encroachment drive to demolish the hotels constructed outside the station is likely to be initiated soon.
Officials said the hotels have been built at higher-than-permissible 16-feet height, adding that the land on which the hotels outside the main gate were constructed belonged to the railways.
“It was given on lease to the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) by the Railways and finally these hotels and shops came up. Though most of the shops were constructed within the permissible limit, most of the hotels outside the station gave much more height to the buildings. Those will have to be removed as per the plans of the new modern station,.” a senior railway official said.
