Weeks after passing the resolution banning loudspeakers, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) passed a resolution to rename two Chowks in Jammu.
Chander Mohan Gupta, the Mayor of JMC on Saturday informed that JMC has passed a resolution to change the name of Sheikh Nagar to Shivnagar, and Amphalla Chowk will now be known as Hanuman Chowk.
“Jammu Municipal Corporation has passed a resolution to change the name of Sheikh Nagar to Shivnagar and Amphalla Chowk to Hanuman Chowk,” said JMC Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta said.
Sharda Kumari, the BJP corporator who moved the resolution on June 11 during the JMC meeting said that the resolution was moved keeping in view the demands of the public.
“There is Shiv Mandir in the area and the people also wanted the place to be renamed. Therefore, we have decided to rename Sheikh Nagar to Shiv Nagar. Our resolution has been passed by the JMC”, she said.
Earlier in May, a BJP councilor from Jammu city proposed a resolution against loudspeakers in public places in the Jammu Municipal Corporation. The resolution was passed too in the house.
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