Reiterating the firm commitment of the State Government to develop Qadian as a ‘model city’, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said that the work of beautification of this city especially area around the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Ahmediyya would be completed before the 125th annual Jalsa of Jamaat in 2016.
While interacting with the leaders of Jamaat-e-Ahmediyya here, the Chief Minister said that as devotees from across the globe converge here at this historic place every year, so it
was the bounden duty of the State Government to develop this place according to its magnitude.
He said that work of beautification of this town was going on in full swing and would be completed shortly.
Badal also asked the officers to ensure that work of sewerage, street lights, roads, water supply and other basic civic amenities in this city were executed in time so as to give a facelift to this city.
Acceding to the demand of the Ahmediyya Jamaat, the Chief Minister also asked the officers to explore alternate site for disposal of waste in the city. He said that if required the State Government would bear the expenses of purchasing alternate chunk of land in the vicinity of town.
Terming the SAD-BJP alliance government as the most secular government in the country, the Chief Minister said that the Punjab Government has taken path breaking initiatives for the welfare of each and every strata of society.
He said that it was a fact that the SAD-BJP alliance government was following the footsteps of the great Sikh Gurus who have taught them the message of communal harmony, love, brotherhood, peace and above all of egalitarian society with pure secular character.
Badal added that was why the State Governments have always taken adequate steps to ensure the all-round development of every section of the society.