The heritage city of Amritsar is all set to get a new facelift by November this year with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal reiterating his resolve to dedicate over 22 projects with combine capital cost of Rs 2557 crores to the people of this holy city.
Reviewing the progress of ongoing development projects in a high-level meeting with the officials concerned asked the concerned authorities to expedite the construction works of various projects. He said that whether it may be 8 laning of Amritsar Gate to Bhandari Bridge Road or Multilane High Level Bridge on UBDC or four laning of Amritsar-Ajnala Airport Road, or Two Laning of NH-15 to Amritsar-Bhikhiwind-Khemkaran Road, these projects when completed are set to put Amritsar and adjoining areas on a higher pedestal of development.
Emphasizing on early completion of Plaza at Sri Darbar Sahib being constructed at the cost of 80 crore, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister asked MD PIDB to ensure that there was no difficulty faced by the devotees due to construction of Plaza. He said that the construction of this plaza must focus serenity and religious importance of Sri Darbar Sahib and the Deputy Commissioner should personally monitor the progress of this project of great importance to Sikh psyche.
Badal expressed satisfaction that the work of 8 laning project from Amritsar Gate to Bhandari Bridge was in full swing, which when completed this year would provide big relief to over 20,000 daily commuters. Badal also aksed the Deputy Commissioner Amritsar to personally monitor the widening and repairing of Amritsar-Taran Tarn Road besides 4 laning project of UBDC Canal, Amritsar-Ajnala Airport Road, Outer Ring Road project, Sakatari Bagh Project, Gol Bagh Project and remaining portion of Elevated Road. The Deputy Commissioner assured the meeting that the majority of ongoing development works would be completed by October end and become operational by November.
The Deputy Chief Minister also directed the concerned authorities to liaison with the Railways to initiate the construction work of widening of Bhandari Bridge besides expediting the ongoing work of Kitchlu Chowk Flyover and 4S Chowk Flyover. It was also informed in the meeting that a state-of-the-art and impressive gate would be constructed on the entrance of Amritsar with the cost of Rs. 9 crore besides installation of 160 CCTV camera with sound on the major points in the city area to keep a security check.
Badal directed the Amritsar Improvement Trust to initiate the process of acquiring a chunk of land on a prominent place in this heritage city to build an ultra modern auditorium with a capacity of 3000 seats. This was also informed in the meeting that the covering work of Ganda Nullah has been near completion, which would be concluded by October this year.
Prominent amongst those, who were present in the meeting included Tikshan Sud, Local Bodies Minister, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Shwait Malik, Mayor Amritsar, D.S. Bains, Principal Secretary Home, S.K. Sandhu, Secretary PWD, S.S. Sandhu MD PIDB and Rajat Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner.
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