Punjab Dy CM unhappy over cleanliness status of holy city

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21 Jun 2015, 12:00 am

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday shifted the focus from the multi-crore macro projects to the basic needs of the people of the holy city of Amritsar.During the monthly review meeting of development projects of the city, he expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanliness status of the holy city and ordered immediate redressal of the issue.

Mayor Municipal Corporation Bakshiram Arora said the local body has outlined a detailed plan for the same and the area within the municipal limits of the city would be divided into 3 segments and the cleanliness process would be initiated in a phase-wise manner with special dust suckers.Badal ordered immediate tendering out of the project so that the work may commence at the earliest. He also directed Commissioner Municipal Corporation to obtain super sucker machines for opening up the choked sewerages of the city before the onset of monsoons.

Taking serious note of the dried up tube wells, Deputy CM directed the Commissioner Municipal Corporation and Chairman Improvement Trust to assess the status of existing tube wells and initiate necessary steps to ensure regular water supply to the people. He also directed Chief Engineer Powercom to accord top priority in issuing power connections for the tube wells.Earlier, Deputy CM paid obeisance at Golden Temple, along with Union Cabinet Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.