Punjab Legislative Assembly Committee on Panchayat Raj Institutions reviews Dhandra Cluster Project

Ludhiana, September 2, 2022: Punjab Legislative Assembly Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions headed by its chairman MLA Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Friday took stock of the development works carried out in Dhandra Cluster under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission. 

The panel comprising MLAs Manwinder Singh Giaspura, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, Rajinderpal Kaur Chinna, Inderjeet Kaur Maan, Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora, Santosh Kumari Kataria Kuljit Singh Randhawa, ADC Jaswinder Singh Ramdass, along with Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Amit Kumar Panchal held a meeting with sarpanchs of 21 villages in Dhandra Cluster.

The meeting in Ludhiana was organised on the initiative of MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina.

The panel was apprised that a grant of Rs 30 crore for 37 development works, was received out of which Rs 23 crore had been spent and 32 works were completed.

The Committee minutely reviewed each works including development of Skill Centre, Multipurpose Business Centre, Multipurpose playground, Sewage, Rural Huts, Bus queue shelters, children park, Commercial space Centre, Community Toilet Centre, installation of solar lights, libraries, construction of streets and others. The panel also directed the officials to ensure timely completion of pending works besides took feedback of sarpanchs regarding quality of works. 

Later, the committee also visited various sites to check ground reality of the development works.