Proposal to upgrade MC workshop prepared

Ludhiana: The civic body officials have prepared a proposal to get MC workshop upgraded, which will cost around Rs 46 lakh to the civic body. The proposal will be kept in the Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC) meeting scheduled for June 13. The officials claimed that upgrading of workshop is required at the most due to its present condition.
Mayor Balkar Sandhu had also inspected the MC workshop at Hambran Road a few months back and he had also found several shortcomings in the workshop. At that time employees had requested for the upgrading of the workshop. There are around 290 types of various vehicles and machines with the MC and when it comes to repair of these vehicles the workshop is not equipped to deal with the same.
There is lack of equipment as well as junior engineers and SDOs, so other officials are handling additional charge of this workshop. But the officials have demanded IIT educated diesel mechanic, auto electronic, welder, helper, etc. The employees have demanded a moveable auto van in the workshop.
Now, it depends upon the F&CC members whether to give nod to this proposal because financial condition of the civic body is not good and they will allow the upgrading of the workshop or not will be seen in the meeting.
Meanwhile, another agenda to be discussed in the meeting included appointment of two IT programmers because majority of the work of the civic body was based on computers now and in future also many other works would go online, so IT programmers were required in the civic body.