Mohali MC panel gives green signal to works worth Rs15 cr

Sanjay Bumbroo

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Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 24

The Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) of the Mohali Municipal Corporation today gave green signal to the estimates of new development works and work orders worth Rs15 crore for the Mohali city.

The committee, besides passing new estimates of Rs7 crore, approved work orders of Rs8 crore in the today’s meeting. These include installation of an open air gym, premix on roads, paving blocks and number plates belonging to different wards of Mohali.

Out of the estimates of Rs7 crore, the parking area of the Phase 5 market will be rebuilt with Rs63 lakh. Apart from this, a separate sewer pipe will be installed in the quarters in Phase 10 at a cost of Rs63 lakh.

Divulging further details of the meeting, Mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu said in a landmark resolution, recruitment of safai sevaks in Mohali would now be done by PunCom. It may be recalled that the Mohali Municipal Corporation has to recruit 1,000 sanitation employees for manual cleaning in Mohali and the entire process will be handled by PunCom.

The Mayor said apart from this, beautification work of the road divider of the Medical College and Hospital being constructed in Phase 6 has also been passed and a new tubewell had also been okayed for the Industrial Area, Mohali. He said the work of estimates passed in the F&CC would begin soon.

Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi, Commissioner Kamal Kumar Garg, members Jasbir Singh Manku and Anuradha Anand (both councillors), SE Sanjay Kanwar and other officials were among those present in the meeting.