Punjab Government has decided to establish a unique invitation “Urban Haat” which will showcase the food culture as well as handicrafts of the holy city of Amritsar by July this year.
Presiding over a meeting late on Friday, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal reviewed the ongoing development projects in Amritsar and said this one of its own kind of “Haat” would house Amritsar’s as well as Punjab’s best eateries and handicrafts.
He said the best such establishments would be invited for this purpose so they could run their ventures here in the heart of city in front of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. Badal asked the authorities to expedite the tendering and other procedures so that this prestigious project could be dedicated to the people of the State.
Reviewing the restoration of Town Hall, Badal said it should be recreated with its rich heritage ambience along with construction of state-of-the-art Museum and Handicrafts exhibits. He said this project will be concluded at a cost of Rs2 crore within stipulated time frame of one year. He said this place will be given traditional heritage look, which would also become an attraction for tourists.
Taking stock of ongoing work of world class façade from Hall Gate to Golden Temple, Badal said this entire passage should be free from electric wires and there should be no wire in the open. He instructed that there should be 100 per cent underground electrification. He also gave a deadline of July to complete this ongoing work.
Badal said the internal ring road of the city would be expanded and this project will be completed at a cost of Rs2 crore. He directed the officials to complete the project without creating any disturbance to existing commercial establishments.
In another decision of lifting litter from internal roads and streets of the city, Badal said that the cleaning process would be carried out with ultramodern automated machines. He said that littering would also be tackled through hand held devices. He said that this exercise would take place in two shifts including one from midnight to 6 am.