Patiala, Oct 25 (UNI) Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday digitally laid the foundation stone of Punjab’s first dedicated sports university and a bus stand, along with various other development projects in Patiala, on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra.
The projects, launched at two separate events, include surface water based water supply for Patiala city (Rs 503 crore), development of a Heritage Street near Qila Mubarak (Rs 43 crore), new bus stand on Rajpura Road (Rs 65 crore), and widening of the same road (Rs 6.74 crore).
On the occasion, the Chief Minister handed over keys to few selected beneficiaries of the EWS housing scheme constructed by PDA at Haji Majra (next to the Cantonment). Of the 174 flats constructed there, 124 were allotted on Sunday. Captain Amarinder also urged PDA and the local government to ensure that all those people belong to the EWS category in Punjab are provided affordable housing, and said he would be personally monitoring the progress of all ongoing and new projects.
The Chief Minister extended Dussehra greetings to the people of Patiala, which he said had suffered a lot due to COVID. He urged them to take all precautions amid projections of a second wave in November-December.
The Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports University will be developed at a total cost of Rs 500 crore, of which Rs 60 crore will be invested in the initial phase for the development of academic and administrative blocks, boys and girls hostels, and the boundary wall & internal roads in the campus. The Chief Minister recalled the contribution of his grandfather Maharaja Bhupindra Singh Ji, in whose memory the university is being established, and whose 129th birth anniversary incidentally fell on Sunday, on the occasion of Dussehra.
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