Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Friday left with a band of bureaucrats, for over a week long official foreign jaunt to Dubai and Istanbul.
The nine-member delegation, led by Sukhbir, would visit Dubai and Istanbul to analyse various problems being faced by the State’s urban areas.
In specific, the delegation would study operations of Bus Rapid Transport System and solid waste management in Turkey, while in Dubai it will interact with leading players of infrastructure development.
Sources informed that Sukhbir and his team would spend four days in Dubai and three in Istanbul, before concluding the official visit on August 31.
Sukhbir is accompanied by his Principal Secretary PS Aujla, Special Principal Secretary Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) Managing Director Anurag Aggarwal, Secretary Housing and Urban Development A Venu Prasad, local bodies secretary Ashok Gupta, GMADA chief administrator AK Sinha, ludhiana municipal corporation commissioner Rakesh Verma and PIDB’s additional managing director Yogesh Goyal.