Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Sunday thanked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely for paving way to make Amritsar a world class city by making the cause of the holy city his own.
On the eve of Jaitely's visit to Amritsar, Majithia expressed his gratitude to him for ending an era of discrimination against Amritsar during the decade-long UPA rule by allocating money in current year's Budget to boost heritage tourism in Amritsar as well as make it an economic powerhouse and a technical education hub.
Union Finance Minister has included Amritsar in Rs 500 crore Union Heritage Project, besides announcing extension of national industrial corridor to Amritsar, and allocated an Indian Institute of Management to the city.
He appealed to Jaitley to use his good offices for resumption of international flights from Amritsar. “SAD-BJP Government is committed to make Amritsar an international tourist destination as well as facilitate tourists visiting the city. Unfortunately, discrimination during the earlier UPA rule led to cancellation of a key flight from the holy city. We urge Jaitely to correct this wrong,” he said.
“Besides resuming Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto Air India connection, Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney flight should be routed through Amritsar to facilitate NRIs,” said Majithia while advocating to start a new flight to Bangkok and Singapore from Amritsar.IJ