Mohali to give libraries to social organisations

Tribune News Service

Mohali, January 2

The Mohali Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over all libraries in the city to social organisations for their maintenance within a week.

Mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu announced this while handing over a library in Silvi Park, Phase 10, to Shaheed Azam Bhagat Singh Resident Welfare Society. Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi and area councillor Narpinder Singh Rangi were also present on the occasion.

The Mayor said the corporation had opened libraries in various parks to increase the interest of people in reading. The MC would hand over the libraries to welfare organisations of the area who wanted to run these. The electricity bill of these libraries and the cost of newspapers would be paid by the corporation. A financial assistance of Rs10,000 per month would be provided to the organisations.

Sidhu said more than Rs100-crore development works were underway in Mohali at present and further tenders were being passed and work orders were also being issued. He said Local Government Minister Punjab Brahm Mahindra and Medical Education Minister of Punjab Dr Raj Kumar Verka recently inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several projects.

He said the file of city bus service had been cleared by Local Government Minister Brahm Mahindra. Now, tenders would be issued for the procurement of buses. These buses would be made available to people of Mohali soon. He said with the implementation of our own transport system in Mohali, people of Mohali would be able to avail of this facility and its ticket would be fixed at Rs10 only. He said these CNG buses would not reduce pollution in the city.

Ph 10 library handed over to society

Mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu handed over a library in Silvi Park, Phase 10, to Shaheed Azam Bhagat Singh Resident Welfare Society. Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi and area councillor Narpinder Singh Rangi were also present on the occasion.