Lion’s share in Punjab Budget for Ferozepur : Other two projects are Ferozepur-Patti Rail Link and Ferozepur-Faridkot road at Hussainiwala
Glass Bottomed Bridge at Hussainiwala Lake gets green flag in Punjab’s General Budget
Ferozpur, February 28, 2020: In the Punjab’s General Budge presented on Friday by the Finance Minister, Manpreet Singh in the Assembly, Ferozepur got the lion’s share among the projects, which will not only boost the border district but also create many opportunities, including employment, said MLA Parminder Singh Pinki expressing his gratitude to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on the budgetary arrangements made for Ferozepur in the annual budget.
Divulging more, Pinki said that some major projects will be brought in Ferozepur to promote tourism infrastructure, rail-road infrastructure and healthcare infrastructure for which provisions for the funds have been made in the budge.
Among the three projects, the budgetary provision for emperor bridge (also known as glass bridge) will be a fillip to boost the tourism infrastructure in the border district besides other tourism centric projects i.e. elevation of infrastructure at Harike wetland. The MLA further stated that a whopping amount of Rs.20 crore to be estimated cost of this project, of which a transparent glass bridge will be constructed at Hussainiwala Lake and people will pass through this bridge, to pay tributes to the martyrs at Martyrs’ Memorial of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
While passing through the bridge, there will be a thrilling experience, which is set to push the tourism related activities in Feozepur in right earnest.
Similarly, a sum of Rs. 100 Crore has been secured under border area development scheme and Ferozepur district will get its share for the development of border areas adding the MLA further added that a grant of Rs. One Crore will be spent for opening up an institute to provide training for the various competitive exams to the students of border district Ferozepur.
Likewise, two more major projects have been cleared in the budget to strengthen rail and road infrastructure in Ferozepu. Mr. Pinki said that, Ferozepur-Patti rail link was a long pending demand of the people of Ferozepur for which Rs.50 crore has been allocated by the state government adding he said that the Firozpur-Patti rail link was a long-pending demand of the people of Firozpur. He said that with the creation of this rail link, the connectivity of Ferozepur will be straightened to the port of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Apart from this, people will get easy train journey to reach all the religious sites including Amritsar's Sri Darbar Sahib, Jallianwala Bagh, Sri Ram Tirath, Wagha border, Amritsar International Airport and many more places.
The link will shorten the distance between the two neighbouring districts besides linking Punjab with the trade capitals of Gujarat and Maharashtra. This track, when constructed, will connect two important regions of the state — Malwa and Majha. It will reduce the distance between Ferozepur and Amritsar from 118 Km to 86 km. Besides, the distance between Amritsar and Mumbai will be shortened by 240 km.
This will not only create employment opportunities but also increase the business. Farmers will be able to transport their crops in the mandis of Maharashtra in a short time, said the MLA.
Pinki also said that provision for the funds for Faridkot-Ferozepur road have also been made in the budget which will make the journey safe and easier.
The MLA said that the land for the PGI has already been transferred to the PGI Management and government has promised to provide any further assistance needed for this centre. He said that with the start of PGI in Ferozepur, the people will get high-quality health facilities besides it will open the avenue of employment to the youths and business to the people of the area.
Thanking the people of Ferozepur, Pinki said, with the cooperation and best wishes, these projects would not have been possible in Ferozepur.