ZIRAKPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL GETS NEW BUILDING

RS 6 CRORE SPENT ON IT; PATWARIS OFFICE TO BE SHIFTED SOON

A VIEW OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ZIRAKPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BUILDING. 

Zirakpur, July 15

Finally, the Zirakpur municipal council (MC) got its own new building. The two-storey building including a basement was inaugurated by Dera Bassi MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Narinder Kumar Sharma. Around Rs 6 crore was spent on it and the MC office will be shifted for public dealing soon.

An official of the MC stated that the new building have been constructed right opposite the Zirakpur police station in Lohgarh village. He said that the ground floor has 10 rooms and basement has four rooms. Second floor have room for president, executive officer, council meeting room, municipal engineer room and accountant office along with a store room.

There would be an administrative block on the ground floor for public dealing where the public would get facilities of submitting house tax, licence applications, pension and other facilities. Councillors would get a room to listen to public grievances, superintendent office, draftsman office and public waiting room, the official added.

The complex has green belt and open parking facility for visitors. However, work of road widening leading to new MC office has started.

The official said as the population in Zirakpur was increasing by the day, public dealing had also increased and the new building was required urgently.

The Sukhmani sahib path was organized along with plantation.

Dera Bassi MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary NK Sharma stated that the council has required new building for public dealing as visitors were facing problem at the old office. Now the residents of the area will get the proper facility at one place. He also added that the patwaris office and water & sewerage office to be shifted to new building for public convenience.

Earlier, MC office was running from a community centre at Pabhat village, which was inaugurated in 1995. The foundation stone at the MC office shows that the building was constructed when Zirakpur was a gram panchayat. Though Zirakpur nagar panchayat was upgraded to municipal council in 2007, nobody bothered to upgrade the MC office.

Prominent others Kulwinder Sohi, MC president along with councillours and council officials were present at the occasion.