Unveiling the achievements during her one year tenure, BJP MP from Chandigarh Kirron Kher on Tuesday claimed that all the projects, either started or completed by Chandigarh Administration, Municipal Corporation or any Government agency, took place due to her efforts. It was only after listing her ‘achievements’ that Kher finally started highlighting the accomplishments of the Modi Government at the Centre on completion of its one year.
Right from National Optical Fiber Network in Chandigarh to water facilities, improvement in health indicators, sanitation, housing, energy, public transport, parking facilities, education, tourism and culture, women’s safety etc, everywhere the local MP tried to claim that it was “due to her efforts”. Kher, in her achievements, listed out complete coverage of all 12 villages of the city under National Optical Fiber Network. “To combat shortage of water supply in the city, the governments of Punjab and Haryana have agreed to give Chandigarh 40 MGD additional water from the Bhakra Main line, due to my regular pursuance,” she said.
In the health sector, Kher claimed that the MBBS seats of GMCH-32 have been increased from 50 to 100 due to her intervention, besides that a Mental Health Institute in Sector 32 is also under construction due to her efforts, which would be completed soon. She also claimed that all the improvement in health indicators in Chandigarh took place due to her efforts including increasing detection rate of TB up to 70 per cent and cure up to 92 per cent, besides fully immunisation of children, up to 94 per cent.
For sanitation, MP claimed that Chandigarh has completed its construction of sewerage treatment plant of 7.5 MlD capacity in Dhanas at a cost of Rs115 crore. Even for housing, MP said that she halted the campaign of anti-encroachment agencies against violators of illegal jhuggis, besides the transfer of property in case of GPA or SPA allowed due to her intervention. Even need based changes by CHB allowed due to her efforts, she said.
Kher also took the credit of administration’s most prestigious project ‘making Chandigarh a Model Solar City’. “We will install five megawatt solar plants in 2015-16 besides achieving success by completing roof top solar plants in Chandigarh,” she said. Even public transport and parking facilities, including ordering 449 low floor buses, under JNNURM are also due to her pursuance to the concerned authorities, said Kher. Besides, she claimed that under construction multilevel parking complex in sector 17 is also her efforts.