After ludhiana, Punjab’s NRI hub -Jalandhar - is all set to realise total infrastructure rehabilitation by the end of 2014 with the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal approving a slew of projects for this heartland of Doaba region.
“Punjab Government has approved two-tier sewerage project for the city. In phase I, Rs54.79 crore and in phase II, Rs62.37 crore would be spent under this project. Out of the total cost, Rs49.955 crore and Rs24.58 crore has been released respectively,” said Sukhbir, accompanied by local Bodies Minister Chunni lal Bhagat, while presiding over a high level meeting with the officials of various authorities of Jalandhar.
He said to cover the entire population with ultra modern treated sewerage network up to 2025, Rs235.86 crore has been sanctioned under National River Conservation Plan, out of which Rs52.48 crore, as on June 30, has been released.
He added that for 100 per cent water supply coverage, an amount of Rs14.86 crore has been sanctioned and the work of project was in full swing.
Reviewing solid waste management project ready to become operational in Jalandhar, he said that Jalandhar would soon witness door-to-door garbage collection programme under which, the garbage would be taken from bins to solid waste treatment plant in GPS enabled vehicles. He said that a mobile application - cap me and track me - is also being introduced, under which the system will generate alert automatically, if the bins was not cleared once in 12 hours time.
“To facilitate coordination between the residents and field staff, a complaint redressal system will also be launched,” he added.
Deputy Chief Minister also approved series of road infrastructure and other development projects including food court, 3G fish aquarium, redevelopment of Nehru Garden, Integrated Housing Slum Development Program.
Asking Municipal Corporation to put Rs48 crore project of Food Court-cum-3G fish aquarium project on fast track, Sukhbir said that this project could develop as a major tourist attraction for Jalandhar city. He also approved redevelopment of Company Bagh at the cost of Rs 3.84 crore.
Focusing on rehabilitating slum dwellers of 26 slums, he asked the MC to expedite construction of 3676 slum tenements and handover the keys to them within one year. It was decided to handover all public toilets to Shulabh Toilets.