ZIRAKPUR WOULD BE DEVELOPED AS NEXT IT HUB OF COUNTRY-SUKHBIR BADAL

Sewerage Treatment Plant at Singhpura inaugurated

Widening work of Zirakpur-Patiala Highway would be started by next year starting: Sukhbir

Punjab will get surplus power state in the country 

by the end of this year: Sukhbir

ZIRAKPUR, SEPTEMBER 27:

The widening work of Zirakpur-Patiala Highway would be started from January 2014. This was disclosed by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal while inaugurating a sewerage treatment plant at Singhpura village here today.

The sewerage treatment plant has been set up at Singhpura village and around Rs 15 crore (approx) has been spent on it.

However, it was in controversies for long time as the MC failed to get the land for it. It was only finalizsed after the efforts of Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma, the MC handed over the land to sewerage and water supply board in September 2011.

Addressing the gathering, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced that Zirakpur would be developed as next IT Hub of the country and a separate Electronic Industrial Cluster would also be created here.

Badal said that Mohali would be developed as one of the model district in the state, where IT and Electronics hubs would be set up. He said a total 600 acres land has been identified, where IT Hub would be established. He said that these initiatives of Punjab Government would fetch new investments in future besides securing employability for youth. Badal said that with the setting up of IT Hub at Zirakpur more than 1.5 lakh job opportunities would be there.

He said the contract of road widening would be allotted to new contractor after the completion of the process.

Badal said that Punjab has fixed a target of Rs. 10 lakh crore investments in coming years. He said that under this target, a delegation of state government led by him would visit different industrial capitals of country to educate and make aware the industrial giants about the attractive industrial policy launched by state government. He said that the delegation would leave for Bengaluru to organize a road show, where hundreds of industrial giants would participate.

 Sukhbir Badal said that Zirakpur will get sub-tehsil status after getting nod from cabinet, for this work has started. The bus terminal would be opened for public soon, he added. The deputy CM said the Punjab would be power surplus by end of this year.

Criticising congress led UPA Government at center, Badal said time has come to wipe out worlds’ most corrupt Congress led UPA Government, which was leading by a ‘weak’ Prime Minister. He said that UPA has badly failed on all fronts, which should be thrown out of power in the interests of country. He asked the electorates to elect Narendra Modi to save the country from corruption, scams etc.

MLA Dera Bassi and CPS NK Sharma, Akali leader Deepinder Singh Dhillon and other akali leaders were present at the occasion.