Govt releases Rs 1.98 crore for Ajnala fire station upgrade

Ajnala MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Friday said the Punjab Government has released Rs 1.98 crore for the upgrade of the fire station in Ajnala. Also, the second instalment of Rs 3 crore out of the Rs 9 crore approved by the government for the streets and drains of Ajnala city has also been received.

Dhaliwal said the government has released an Rs 1.5 crore for the Ramdas municipal council to get civic works done.

“Previously, for the work of 260 street lights to be installed in Ajnala, we saved Rs 26.67 lakh. We are focused on completing civic development and upgrade of MC works at the earliest,” he said.

The government has approved Rs 3 crore for the development works in Ajnala city. A sum of Rs 1.90 crore has been released for the reconstruction of the fire station in Ajnala. Soon, Ajnala will get a new fire station and another fire brigade vehicle.

Besides, 10 drains and bridges will also be constructed in various villages of Ajnala to overcome the problem of inundation of farm fields. Farmers in the constituency had complained that due to the onset of the rains, water floods agriculture fields of many villages and due to the closure of roads, it was very difficult to move from one place to another.

Dhaliwal took stock of the villages where damages caused by rain had been reported. He toured Surapur, Tera and various other villages and said construction of bridges at more than 10 places after conducting a survey will be done. Additionally, sports stadiums are also being built at 12 villages of Ajnala constituency where players who have played for the country will be coaching youngsters.