Amritsar MC nod to Rs 72-crore projects to boost infra

The Finance and Contract Committee of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday approved development projects worth around Rs 72 crore. The meeting, chaired by Mayor Jatinder Singh Bhatia, was attended by MC Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh, Senior Deputy Mayor Priyanka Sharma, Deputy Mayor Anita Rani, councillors Sukhbir Kaur and Jagmeet Singh, along with other MC officials.

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During the meeting, various agenda items were discussed and given approval, focusing on enhancing civic infrastructure and addressing essential public needs. Mayor Bhatia said the approved projects would directly benefit pilgrims and tourists visiting major heritage and religious sites, such as Darbar Sahib, Durgiana Mandir, Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib, Jallianwala Bagh, Gobindgarh Fort and Ram Bagh Garden, which attract lots of devotees and visitors daily.

Key projects sanctioned include road cleaning and maintenance around major tourist destinations, bio-remediation of waste at the Bhagtanwala dump site, setting up a biogas plant at Narayan Garh, and improving the city’s potable water supply by installing new tube wells and replacing old water pipelines. Sewer line cleaning using super sucker machines, laying new sewer lines, raising and repairing sewer manholes and covers, installing new street lights, CC flooring, patchwork, road gullies, interlocking tiles, civil works and redevelopment of public parks also received the green signal.

Mayor Jatinder Singh Bhatia emphasised that the municipal corporation is fully committed to the all-round development of the city. He assured that funds would not be allowed to become a constraint in completing development works.