To ensure planned and holistic development of the holy city of Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab Government on Thursday constituted a 14-member Sri Anandpur Sahib Urban Development Authority (SASUDA).
Spokesperson said that the Authority would be headed by the Chief Minister as its chairman with Housing and Urban Development Minister as its vice-chairman, and Sri Anandpur Sahib MLA, Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Local Government Secretary, Finance Secretary, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Secretary, Water Supply and Sanitation Secretary, Public Works Secretary, Town and Country Planning director, Chief Town Planner, Roopnagar Deputy Commissioner besides any other member or invitee to be nominated by government as its members. The Chief Administrator of SASUDA would be its Member Secretary.
SASUDA’s headquarters would be at SAS Nagar, and it would exercise all the powers and functions relating to the development and redevelopment of Sri Anandpur Sahib town under this Act.
The Authority would help in providing a workable framework of the historical place besides ensuring its comprehensive planned and integrated development in a meaningful and result oriented manner, the spokesperson said.
As per the notification, the boundaries of SASUDA has been defined which consists of one town and 23 villages covering 5846 hectares (14440 acres) area having population 27,195 as per 2011 Census.”