A slew of projects worth Rs 1,087 crore have been inaugurated by Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday. The minister practically laid foundation stones and inaugurated numerous projects for the holistic improvement of urban places below the Smart City and AMRUT schemes. Moreover, as a tribute to Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur on his 400th Prakash Purab, he urged the Modi government to incorporate the holy city of Anandpur Sahib below the Smart City scheme. Singh laid the foundation stone of the Rs 721 crore Surface Water Supply Scheme for Amritsar. He was quoted in an IE report saying that alternatively of the contaminated and rapid depleting ground water, this scheme would guarantee access to clean drinking water to the residents of the holy city.
According to the CM, 2,065 projects have currently been began below the very first phase of the Urban Infrastructure Improvement Program (UIIP), with majority of them getting completed, at a expense of Rs 300 crore. Under the second phase of UIIP, an additional 4,227 quantity of projects have been authorized and work on 1,300 of them has began currently. On the progress of Smart City projects in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Sultanpur Lodhi below his government, the CM stated that of the Rs 3,000 crore total allocation, so far, performs worth Rs 1,246 crore had been began or completed. Singh additional stated when tenders have been currently issued for performs worth Rs 918 crore, the course of action of issuing tenders for performs worth Rs 802 crore have been underway currently.
He stated below the AMRUT scheme his government had currently allocated Rs 2,785 crore for 16 towns and work was underway on projects worth Rs 2,740 crore. According to Singh, the aim of this scheme is to provide one hundred% water provide and sewerage. So far 1,072 km of water provide and sewerage pipelines of 698 km length had been laid, other than the release of 69,304 household water provide as properly as 43,611 household sewerage connections. For Barnala, the inaugurated projects integrated augmentation, rehabilitation of sewerage network as properly as sewage therapy plant for one hundred% coverage, 20 MLD sewerage therapy plant, 74 km lengthy sewerage line with 5,740 household sewerage connections, at a expense of Rs 105.63 crore.
For Amritsar, the minister inaugurated numerous improvement projects of Rs 20.50 crore such as upgradation of fire fighting services, improvement of parks and open spaces as properly as strong waste management facilities. While a 29 MLD capacity STP was inaugurated at Khanna at a expense of Rs 25.16 crore. Other than the Rs 721.85 crore 24×7 Surface Water Supply Scheme at the city of Amritsar, the CM practically laid the foundation stones for improvement projects worth an quantity of Rs 129.33 crore in Sultanpur Lodhi.
The minister also laid the foundation stones of numerous performs like 15 MLD STP at Basti Peer Dad, waste processing plant at Gadaipur, upgradation of energy line distribution program of Raunak Bazaar, improvement of Jalandhar railway station, a new road in Urban Estate Phase II as properly as digitization of the current Guru Nanak Dev Library have been laid in the city of Jalandhar, at a expense of Rs 41 crore. For the city of Ludhiana, he laid the foundation stones for the establishment of Ludhiana Municipal Control Centre, an integrated command and surveillance centre as properly as the beautification of the Mini Rose Garden. These projects expense Rs 40 crore in total and for them, tenders have currently been invited.