Mayor reviews beautification work at Durgiana Temple

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 14

Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu visited Durgiana Temple and reviewed the beautification project of Durgiana Heritage Walk on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Senior Deputy Mayor Raman Bakshi and MC officials.

Rintu said although the previous government beautified all roads leading to Harmandir Sahib, this area of Durgiana tirath had always lagged behind in terms of development. Today, millions of people visit Harmandir Sahib and they also go to Durgiana Temple, but lack of basic facilities and incomplete development work hurts them.

“Our government had taken the initiative to beautify this shrine one-and-a-half year ago and promised that the work would be done in a timely manner. But due to some reasons, the work was delayed. Now, it has been restarted with all required permissions from the government,” he said.

This project would be one of the best in the city of Amritsar and would be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. It has been prepared in two phases. In the first phase, development works would be carried out at a cost of about Rs6.50 crore, under which the road leading to Durgiana Temple would be beautified as smart road.

A marble statue of Lord Krishna would be erected at the chowk to give a heritage look. Two entrance gates and ducts would be constructed in the middle of the road and all utility services would be underground. Exquisite tile and marble would be installed on both sides of the road.

The Mayor said after the first phase, the rest of the work would be done in the second phase. The total cost of the project is about Rs25 crore. He said no shortage of funds would be allowed for the beautification work. The Mayor held a meeting with the officials of Durgiana Management Committee and also briefed them in detail about the project. He took their suggestions and instructed the officers present on the spot to solve the issues being faced by the committee.