The Information Centre at Amritsar’s Darbar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, would soon get a facelift and will be equipped with latest audio-visual techniques and gadgets to display the heritage in an impressive way.
Announcing this, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday said that the beautification work in the plaza at Darbar Sahib would be completed by Baisakhi.
Sukhbir, interacting with media after paying obeisance at Sri Darbar Sahib along with his wife and Union Minister Harsimrat Badal, said that the work on beautification of way from Town Hall to Darbar Sahib would be commenced soon to give this holy city a new look.
Replying to an inquiry regarding agri cisis, he said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has announced maximum compensation to the farmers in the country and even raised the issue with the Prime Minister for getting to get approval for export of Basmati to the countries where import of rice from India had been banned.
He said that white fly had done more damage to cotton crop in states like Rajasthan and Haryana as compared to Punjab but Punjab has announced maximum compensation of Rs 644 crore to help the farmers in this hour of crisis.
He said that Punjab government has also ensured best purchase of sugar cane and cleared all the arrears of cooperative mills.
On the issue regarding political activities of Aam Aadmi Party, Sukhbir said that in democracy, everybody has right to jump into electoral politics but the days of AAP were over and so was its magic in the state. “AAP has been exposed in Delhi as it took U-turn on all the claims and promises it had made,” he added.
Responding to a query regarding spurious pesticides, Deputy Chief Minister said that guilty would not be spared.
Discussing the development of holy city, he said that development works worth Rs 1500 crore have been initiated in the city during last four years and in coming six months, development works of more than Rs 1000 crore would be initiated.