IEP Chandigarh, April 12
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan, on Wednesday, reviewed the progress of ongoing development works in Nagar Council Kotakpura and the constituency, directing the officials of concerned departments to complete these works in a time-bound manner besides ensuring the availability of funds. The Speaker, while presiding over an important meeting at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, said that development works should be completed in a stipulated time frame for ensuring that people can access to the necessary infrastructure and services at the earliest. During the meeting, the issue of strengthening roads, which were damaged after the sewage work carried out around two years ago, was discussed threadbare. Speaker S. Sandhwan emphasized that roads should be strengthened on priority and availability of funds should be ensured by the concerned departments to complete the task at the earliest. S. Sandhwan also directed the departments concerned and the senior officials of the finance department to ensure availability of funds, emphasizing that there should be no dearth of funds for development works. Similarly, S. Sandhwan asked Mr. Malwinder Singh Jaggi, CEO, Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board that the work should be completed on priority wherever sewage or water supply pipes are to be laid in the Nagar Council so that digging can be avoided after the construction of roads. S. Sandhwan also directed the officials of the Mandi Board to strengthening link roads falling under jurisdiction of the department. Prominent amongst others who were present in the meeting included; Mr. Malwinder Singh Jaggi, CEO, Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board, Mr. Mohammad Tayyab, Special Secretary Expenditure, Mr. Uma Shankar Gupta, Director, Local Government Department, Ms. Garima Singh, Secretary Finance Cum Director Institutional Finance and Banking and other officials of the concerned departments.
