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Ludhiana, December 13:
First meeting of the Project Monitoring Committee (PMC) was held under the World bank funded canal based water supply project at MC Zone D office in Sarabha Nagar on Friday.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jitendra Jorwal and Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal. MC Joint Commissioner Ankur Mahindroo, Chief Engineer Ravinder Garg, SE (projects) Parul Goyal among other officials were present in the meeting.
Officials from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Forest department, Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of Ludhiana Urban Water and Wastewater Management Limited, Railways department, Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) among other departments participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, a presentation was shown regarding the progress made under the project as of now. The officials stated that a 580 mld water treatment plant (WTP) has to be established under the project. Field survey and designing works are going on.
DC Jorwal and MC Commissioner Dachalwal said that different departments are working in coordination under this project. The meeting also aimed at improving the coordination among the departments so that the work could be taken up smoothly. The officials have also been directed to conduct joint surveys by different departments, wherever required.
Further directions were also issued to expedite the field survey and designing works, so that the civil work to establish the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) could be started at the earliest.
