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Capt Govt announces to set-up Dera Baba Nanak Development Authority
Chandigarh November 30, 2018: Keeping in view the decision of the Kartarpur Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak on the eve of year-long 550th Birthday celebrations Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab government has decided to constitute Dera Baba Nanak Development Authority.
Disclosing this here today Mr Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Minister for Hoursing and Urban Development said that the government would take formal decision very soon.
The main purpose of the authority is to give orientation for the planned and systematic development of the area. A master plan will be prepared to avoid unplanned and haphazard urban growth.
The state government's plan likely to include hotel industry, four-way laning, water and sewerage facilities etc besides security and custom immigration arrangements for the convenience of the pilgrims which at present is not there like.
After laying the ground breaking Kartarpur Corridor foundation on both the sides – in India as well as In Pakistan, the government will have to plan modalities with regard to Permits for easy access to the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev which was a long wait for seven decades.
Sources said, with the mere announcement of this Corridor where there is no development as yet in Dera Baba Nanak, the land prices have started going up in the area within two-three days when the government would be in need of land for these projects.
There is likelihood of taking a formal decision for the setting up of the Authority in the coming Cabinet meeting scheduled for December 3 now.