LUDHIANA: Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Saturday said that in a bid to provide clean and green environment, a place for exercise and spending leisure time for residents of Haibowal area, a leisure valley on 7 acres would be constructed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT). Besides, a road along Buddha Nullah at a cost of Rs 84 lakh would be constructed along with installation of iron mesh at a cost of Rs 13 crore.
Accompanied by mayor Balkar Sandhu, LIT chairman Raman Balasubramaniam, MC commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, MC councillor Maharaj Singh Raji, besides several others Bharat Bhushan Ashu inspected the site and issued necessary instructions to the officials.
Ashu said that the work orders of all these three projects had been issued and the work would start soon. He said that the work related to construction of leisure valley and road and installation of iron mesh would be completed within the next six months. He said that he would personally monitor these projects and no lapse on anyone’s part would be tolerated.
He further said that the Haibowal area lacked projects such as leisure valley and for that reason only a vacant chunk of land had been identified for developing it. He said that these projects would prove very beneficial for the area residents. Ashu said that the leisure valley would be constructed in a manner that it would have play areas for children, besides grounds and recreation areas for adults.
Ashu also directed the MC officials to ensure that all encroachments on the sites to be used for these projects would also be cleared. He said that the new road, along the Buddha Nullah, would be joined with the existing road along the nullah and would be constructed till the MC limits and would prove very beneficial for motorists. He said that even the iron mesh had been installed at some places, but now the entire nullah would be covered.
Three leisure valleys are coming up near DAV Public School (along Sidhwan Canal) in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, near Lodhi Club and behind blocks D and E in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar.