In a major step aimed at giving impetus to the overall development of the city, the Lok Sabha MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh along with MLAs and officers of the district administration inaugurated the work of junction improvement of 11 chowks and installation of solar panels at 17 government buildings in the city at a cost of Rs 38.15 crore.The Lok Sabha MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh, accompanied by MLAs Mr. Pargat Singh, Mr. Rajinder Beri, Mr. Sushil Kumar Rinku and Mr. Avtar Singh Bawa Henry, Mayor Municipal Corporation Mr. Jagdish Raj Raja, Commissiner of Police Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma and Chief Executive Officer Smart City Mr. Jitendra Jorwal, inaugurated the project at the local Guru Amar Dass chowk.They said that the work of Junction improvement would be executed at a cost of Rs 20.32 crore during which facelift would be given to 11 chowks of the city including Dr. BR Ambedkar Chowk, Guru Amardass Chowk, Kapurthala Chowk, Bhagwan Valmiki Chowk (Jyoti Chowk), Guru Ravidass Chowk, Doaba Chowk, PNB Chowk, 120 feet road and Kapurthala road intersection, BMC Chowk, HMV Chowk and Model Town Intersection. They further said that as a part of junction improvement the works of improvement in lane geometry, lane marking, wider pedestrian pathways, table top crossings and tactile tiles, SS railings and ramps, mastic asphalt for pavement strengthening, traffic signals cantilever types, automated traffic management system, CCTV cameras, surveillance and support traffic violation, traffic calming measures, development of landscape area, provision of bus stops, foot over bridges with escalators wherever practicable and others would be executed.
They said that the motive was to ensure smooth and hassle free movement of traffic on one hand and give a serene look to the chowks on the other.Likewise, they further said that the work on installing solar roof top panels at 17 government buildings covering a total area of 74,193 square meter has also been started today. They said that as per this work solar roof top panels would be installed at 17 buildings including JDA office, Commissioner of Police office, District Administrative Complex, Government Education College, Meritorious School, Municipal Corporation Jalandhar, Registrar Office I and II, Government Girls School, Session Court, Sports college, SSP (Rural) Office, Agriculture office, Government High School Basti Bawa Khel, Government Senior Secondary Schools Santokhpura and Mithapur, Government Girls Senior Secondary School Nehru Garden and PAP Complex at a cost of Rs 17.83 crore.They said that under the visionary and dynamic leadership of the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh the state government was committed giving fillip to the projects under the Smart City Scheme. They said that the work on these projects would be completed very soon so as to ensure that city residents were benefitted from it.On the occasion Senior Deputy Mayor Mrs. Surinder Kaur, Deputy Mayor Mr. HS Bunty, Manager Smart City Mr. Himanshu Puri and others were also present.