Balbir Singh Sidhu. File photo
Mohali, March 2
Punjab BJP vice-president and former Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today asked Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri to announce Mohali as a ‘smart city’.
During a meeting with the Union Minister at Delhi, Sidhu said Mohali had been constantly expanding as a city and had advanced infrastructure. He said it was one of the important cities of Punjab and also a part of the tricity. Sidhu said the city was connected by rail and air and a large number of NRIs were settled here. He said developing Mohali as a ‘smart city’ was the need of the hour.
In a press release, Sidhu said Puri assured him of speaking to the authorities in this regard.
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