MLA and Speaker Gian Chand Gupta tells officials to ready detailed project reportSingh Nullah to make way for lake in P’kula Another lake planned near Kaushalya Damn Panchkula MLA and Haryana Assembly
Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, November 14
Singh Nullah passing through the city will attract tourists in future as the choe will be turned into a lake.
At present, the rainwater-fed nullah passes through Sector 1, 2, 4, 12, 12-A and the Industrial Area, Phase I, before going towards Zirakpur. The plan is to construct a check gate to stop rainwater from going into the nullah.
Local MLA and Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta has directed officials of the administration and the Haryana Tourism Department to prepare a detailed project report in this regard.
Gupta said some green spaces would be developed on both sides of the choe so that people could stand or rest near the future lake. Restaurants will be set up and tracks will be laid near the lake.
Gupta said he had also asked the officials concerned to check the feasibility of setting up a lake near Kaushalya Dam on the lines of Sukhna
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