Historic monument has existed since the times of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh200-yr-old trees in Ram Bagh under spl care
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 10
Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu along with officials of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar (MCA) inspected the ongoing beautification work at the historic Ram Bagh here on Friday.
During his visit, the city Mayor said the MCA was paying special attention to the beautification of the Ram Bagh as the historic monument has existed since the times of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The mayor said about 55 safai karamcharis and gardeners had been deployed to take care of the garden and maintain it. The mayor said there were more than 200-year-old trees in the garden for which a separate team had been appointed to take special care of these trees.
“Musical fountains were also supposed to be installed to add beauty to the garden, but the organisation failed to install it. Now we are going to start the musical fountain at a cost of Rs 50 lakh,” said Rintu. He said the entire garden would be fenced with iron grills. A separate park was being set up exclusively for women.
The Mayor said a dream park was also being set up at Company Bagh at a cost of Rs 4 crore, which would attract more visitors to the garden. “We are focusing on the improvement and beautification of the Company Bagh. We are undertaking all kinds of development projects to beautify it,” Rintu said.
Praising the office-bearers of the Amritsar Vikas Manch and the Amritsar Club, the Mayor said, “We are proud that the eminent gentlemen of these organisations have been working with the team of the municipal corporation to beautify the historical Ram Bagh.” He also appealed to the residents of the city to cooperate with the MC in beautifying the historic garden.
However, the MC has failed to implement the MoU signed with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to remove the encroachments from the garden. Still, a large portion of the garden is under private players, who have exclusive rights of entry to the land under their possession. No efforts have been made to remove the encroachments.
Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu said besides the Ram Bagh, special attention was being paid to the Chali Khoo area, where the largest micro forest of Punjab is being developed. Rintu said the entire team of the civic body was working day and night to beautify every ward and every area of the city. Those present on the occasion were Krishan Kumar Sharma, Lali Chandok, Kapoor, Daljit Singh Kohli, Manjit Singh Saini, Rajesh Mehra, Sandeep Singh (SE), Raman Kumar (JE) and Yadvinder Singh (JE).
