Mohali, Nov 21, 2025: A public hearing called by municipal commissioner Parminder Pal Singh Sandhu on Thursday brought to the surface the anxieties and expectations tied to Mohali’s proposed expansion of municipal corporation limits. The session, attended by Punjab government officials, gathered residents and organisations who have submitted objections to the October notification proposing the merger of Aerocity, IT City and Sectors 81 and 82 with the MC.
The plan promises a larger, more integrated urban footprint, but reactions remain divided. For some, inclusion in the MC offers the hope of better roads, sanitation and civic services. For others, it raises fears of higher taxes, unclear regulations and whether the corporation can support its growing responsibilities.
Officials said more than 50 objections have been filed, many from residents who feel that existing merged areas have not yet seen the development they were promised. “Most complainants objected to the taxes as compared to the services,” commissioner Sandhu noted after the hearing.
Several residents argued that frequent lapses in garbage collection, delays in civic works and uneven infrastructure development in current MC areas should be addressed first. Expanding the territorial limits without fixing the basics, they said, risks stretching the system even thinner.
