In order toensure the holistic development of Patiala heritage city, the Chief Secretary,Ms Vini Mahajan, on Wednesday directed the departments concerned to expediteall the ongoing development projects and complete them in a time-bound manner,while asking the Deputy Commissioner to personally monitor the progress of allthe projects.
Chairing ameeting with the administrative secretaries and the district administrationofficials to review the progress of various ongoing development projects inPatiala, the Chief Secretary said 24.6 acres of land has been acquired forconstruction of water works at Ablowal to provide 24x7 surface-based watersupply to quench the thirst of Patiala city residents under the first phase.The project will cost Rs 503 crore, including operation and maintenance for 10years.
The projectto rejuvenate badi nadi and chhoti nadi was being executed at a cost of Rs208.33 crore to further enhance the beauty of the royal city, said the ChiefSecretary, while directing the officials concerned to complete the project byOctober next.
Theconstruction work on the heritage street project around Qila Mubarak was beingundertaken on a war-footing. The project costing Rs 43.63 crore will entailshifting underground all HT and LT power supply cables besides cobbling of 2-kmstretch with red granite stone. Besides, compact substation transformers willbe installed to save space, steel plates will upgrade the facade, and signagewill be installed for story-telling and way-finding. Moreover, artworksculptures and artistic streetlights will be installed for beautification ofthe national importance monument, besides installation of CCTV cameras andconstruction of a small open air amphitheatre.
The DeputyCommissioner apprised the Chief Secretary that the work on shifting of dairiesfrom the city with modern amenities was going on in full swing. Of the total132 plots, 115 have already been allotted under the first phase to all theinterested dairy owners.
The ChiefSecretary asked the DC to meet the deadline of September 30 for shifting ofdairies to the earmarked dairy project site.
The ChiefSecretary also asked the Transport department to complete the work on the mainbuilding by November.
PrincipalSecretary Transport K Siva Prasad apprised the Chief Secretary that the work onthe workshop will be completed by March next while external work has begun onthe public health project after being allotted on June 7.
A dedicatedchief engineer has been deputed for supervising the work on Maharaja BhupinderSingh Sports University project and administrative approval of works amountingto Rs 53 crore has been accorded.
Ms Mahajaninstructed the Finance department to release the remaining requisite funds toensure its timely execution.
AdditionalChief Secretary Tourism and Cultural Affairs Sanjay Kumar apprised the ChiefSecretary that the renovation of Mohindra Kothi and shifting of medal gallerywill be completed by September 30.
PrincipalSecretary Local Government Ajoy Kumar Sinha informed the meeting that the workon bioremediation of legacy waste in the city was progressing well and threespecialised machines of different sizes have been installed for the purpose.The entire legacy waste site has been provided with a boundary wall oflaminated sheets across its periphery. Till date, legacy waste to the tune of2.5 lakh tonne has been reduced by 55 per cent of its volume.
The ChiefSecretary asked the department to complete the project by December.
Theprogress of the bus stand mobility plan, various development works in RajindraHospital, and rehabilitation of urban slums under the Basera scheme was alsoreviewed.
PrincipalSecretary to Chief Minister Tejveer Singh, ACS-cum-CMD PSPCL A. Venu Prasad,Principal Secretaries KAP Sinha (Finance), Vikas Pratap (PWD), Alok Shekhar(Industries) and Raj Kamal Chaudhuri (Planning) also attended the meeting.