To ensure planed and regulated growth of the holy city of Amritsar, the Punjab government has come out with Rs 250-crore comprehensive master plan for its cohesive development with world-class infrastructure in terms of road connectivity, drinking water, sewerage facility and uninterrupted power supply. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal said the master plan would be completed with in six months. He said that out of the Rs 250 crore, Rs 100 crore would be released by the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board soon. The chief minister said the master plan was being prepared to check the haphazard and unregulated growth of the city.
He said the development schemes and projects in the city would be executed only after the finalisation of the blue print. The chief minister asked the local government department to seek the expertise of the renowned consultants from world over through global tenders for finalising the master plan in a meaningful and result-oriented manner keeping in view a long perspective of at least 100 years. Badal said the Rs 250-crore master plan sanctioned for the development of the city was in addition to the Rs 3,150-crore city development plan approved under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewable Mission (JNURM).
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