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| Punjab speeds up construction of key govt buildings worth over Rs 2000-Cr | | |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 11: Punjab Public Works Minister S. Harbhajan Singh ETO today said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government is giving top priority to strengthening public infrastructure for providing improved public services and for ensuring that all ongoing projects are completed within stipulated timelines with high-quality standards and complete transparency in fund utilization.
The PWD Minister reviewed the progress of major building projects being undertaken by PWD for various government departments across the state. The projects, amounting to Rs.2097.03 crore, are currently at different stages of construction, with Rs.915.55 crore already released to executing agencies, he added.
Sharing more details, S. Harbhajan Singh ETO informed that a total of 211 buildings are being constructed under the supervision of the Public Works Department. The Higher Education Department leads with 35 projects worth Rs.477.13 crore, followed by Medical Works with 39 buildings amounting to Rs.565.87 crore and the Revenue Department with 32 structures worth Rs.237.76 crore.
Sharing more details he informed that the department was executing 13 School Education projects valued at Rs.119.37 crore, while 11 buildings of the Department of Technical Education costing Rs.52.33 crore are under execution. Further PWD is also developing Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department a project worth Rs.84.13 crore and Sports Department's 16 building projects are being built with an allocation of Rs.110.66 crore.
Besides this, for providing better public services two projects worth Rs.83.92 crore of the Home Affairs Administrative Department are in progress. Highlighting other initiatives, the PWD Minister mentioned that five projects of Indra Kumar Gujral PTU costing Rs.56.82 crore, 12 SIPDA project works worth Rs.33.43 crore and other 45miscellaneous buildings works of various departments totalling Rs.275.61 crore are in progress.
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