Panchkula advisory panel mulls development agenda

Tribune News Service

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Panchkula, November 11

For effective implementation of a seven-point agenda, a meeting of the Panchkula development advisory committee was held under the chairmanship of Haryana Speaker and local MLA Gian Chand Gupta today.

“To make the city free of encroachments, slums, stray cattle, stray dogs, drugs, pollution and plastic with public support, discussions were held at length in the committee meeting at a hotel in Sector 5,” said a press release.

Gupta said generous grants were being given by the state government for the overall development of the city. “A huge amount is also being spent on beautification and maintenance,” he said.

Gupta informed that gaushalas had been built in Rihod and Sukhdarshanpur villages to make city free of stray cattle. “Around 1,000 head of stray cattle picked up from roads and streets have been kept in these gaushalas. On similar grounds, a nandishala will also be built on eight acres at Kot village,” the MLA added.

Gupta said they had received suggestions to restart dog hostel to address the problem of stray dogs.

To make the city encroachment-free, the MLA said vending zones had been built in five sectors. “The process to issue licence to vegetable vendors has also begun. It will ensure regulated entry of rehris in sector areas,” he said, adding that instructions had been issued to the police to act against encroachers.