In a major boost to infrastructure development across the State, Punjab Government on Thursday launched a slew of projects to the people besides laying foundation stones of some other significant projects to put Punjab on the high growth trajectory.
The state Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra dedicated 151 Health and Wellness Centres to facilitate citizens with best healthcare facilities besides inaugurated Rs 93 crore state-of-the-art District Administrative Complex at Amritsar, equipped with ultra modern facilities.
“Capt Amarinder is our captain and would continue to guide us in pursuit of further excellence in all-round progress to achieve new heights of glory,” he said during a virtual event joined by several Cabinet Ministers and MLAs simultaneously through video conferencing from their respective locations.
Mohindra also digitally laid foundation stones of four tehsil complexes, each at a cost of Rs five crore, at Malerkotla, Bhawanigarh, and Ahmedgarh in Sangrur district and Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district besides dedicating Sub Tehsil at Sham Chaurasi in Hoshiarpur district at an outlay of Rs one crore.
Giving a boost to policing infrastructure, Mohindra also dedicated nine new complexes of police stations at Sadar Patiala, Malaud, Beas, Zira, Bilga, Basti Bawa Khel, Sidhwan Bet, Bahavwala and City Ahmedgarh.
The state Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar mentioned that several people-friendly initiatives like computerization of revenue records have been undertaken by the Revenue Department. The state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that after setting up the Health and Wellness Centers in rural areas, 700 more such centers would also be established in the urban sector, especially in slum areas.
“428 out of 2950 sub-centers of the Department are currently functioning from the Primary Health Centers (PHC) buildings where no Community Health Officers have been posted at present and now the Department has decided to shift these sub-centers to villages with large population and depute Community Health Officers so as to provide hassle-free health facilities to people in large number,” he said.
He added that the COVID-19 vaccination would also be provided at all the Health and Wellness Centers from April 1 in order to achieve the goal to make Punjab COVID free.