DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH With a view to ensuring holistic development of Patiala Heritage City, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked the Deputy Commissioner to speed up the ongoing canal based water supply project with an investment of Rs 468 crore for ensuring potable drinking water supply to the residents of city with a direction to formulate a plan to cover all colonies in and around the city under this scheme. He also directed all the line departments to work in tandem for speedy completion of these ongoing major projects including canal based water supply, new bus stand, Sports University, rejuvenation of Chhoti and Badi Nadi besides sprucing up the heritage street. Reviewing the progress of ongoing development works in Patiala city, the Chief Minister asked the Deputy Commissioner to personally monitor the progress of these projects and update him regularly to ensure its timely execution. Earlier, making a detailed presentation on the development works, the Deputy Commissioner Patiala informed the Chief Minister that 60 percent of the work on canal based water supply projects would be completed by the globally acclaimed L&T Infrastructure Company by March, 2022. Regarding the status new bus stand and workshop with an outlay of nearly Rs.60 crore, the Principal Secretary Public Works informed that the bus stand over an area of 6.31 acre would be completed by November 2021 while the workshop over 2.20 acre by March 2022. Meanwhile, responding to the issue raised by Chairman PRTC for purchase of new buses, the Chief Minister asked the Principal Secretary Transport to immediately clear the pending proposal in this regard. Acting swiftly on the direction of the Chief Minister, Principal Secretary Transport conveyed concurrence to PRTC for purchase of 255 new buses in its fleet. The Chief Minister also directed the Finance Department to immediately release Rs.2.18 crore for Phase-1 of Dairy Shifting Project coming up at village Ablowal, which is already in the advanced stage of completion besides another Rs.10.37 crore for Phase-2 of this project. To further boost the construction of upcoming Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University over an area of 100 acre in village Sidhuwal, the Chief Minister asked the Finance Department to immediately grant sanction for filling requisite post of teaching faculty so as to make the university fully functional besides giving approval for funds worth Rs.60 crore for the construction of university. On the renovation of Mohindra Kothi and shifting of the Medal Gallery and Coins Museum, the Deputy Commissioner informed the Chief Minister that the entire project at a cost of Rs.9.35 crore was already near completion. (editor@dailyworld.in)