Ludhiana, March 4 -- Acting on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) has identified 47 unauthorised commercial buildings along the Sidhwan Canal road stretch from Ferozepur Road to Ladhowal bypass. GLADA chief administrator Sandeep Kumar, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said that the identification process was carried out amid a petition being heard by the HC over the "rampant illegal constructions" along the canal road, particularly on the stretch falling between the National Highway (NH)-95A and NH-44.

The petitioner - Ludhiana Citizen Association, an NGO - has sought strict enforcement of planning norms and demanded that no commercial activity be permitted a...