Dhandra cluster gets approval

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 20

With the efforts of Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, Dhandra cluster has got approval under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission. Under this cluster, 21 panchayats, villages and colonies have been included and these areas would get city-like facilities. Around Rs 100 crore would be spent on this project.

While providing information, MP Bittu stated that for providing city-like facilities in rural areas, the government has started the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission and Dhandra cluster has been approved under it. He said several development projects for overall development of the rural areas would be carried out under this mission. Residents of areas falling under Dhandra cluster would get facilities such as proper sewerage system, roads, solar lights and other basic facilities. Besides, other development projects that were left incomplete due to shortage of funds would also be completed under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission.

The panchayats, villages and colonies included in Dhandra cluster are Mahmoodpura, Dhandra, Janta Colony Gill, Guru Nanak Nagar, Himmat Singh Nagar, Bhagat Singh Nagar, Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Beri Colony Chauhan Nagar, Guru Nanak Nagar Dugri, Preet Vihar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Satjot Nagar, Basant Avenue, Janta Enclave, Rupan Nagar, Tera Nagar, Manakwal, Jasdev Singh Nagar, New Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar and Dev Nagar.

He informed that the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission was started by the Centre in 2016. He said it had now been started in Punjab, and five districts, including Ludhiana, had been covered under it. He stated that Ludhiana was the first district of the state, where this project was starting, followed by two clusters of Bathinda and Shri Amritsar Sahib districts.

Bittu stated that though these 21 panchayats, villages and colonies were located on the outskirts of Ludhiana city, but they were suffering on the development front as they had no ownership of any land or other source of income. He said now that the Dhandra cluster had been formed, these areas would now see overall development.