Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, May 18: While speaking in a programme organised by Hotel & Restaurant Association Katra for having meaningful discussion with regard to development of Katra town, Director Local Bodies Sushma Chauhan said that every effort would be made to develop Katra as cleanest city with proper planning and steps required for the same at the earliest.
Officers of main implementing agencies, including Addl Chief Executive Officer SMVD Shrine Board Anshul Garg, CEO Katra Development Authority Jagdish Mehra, CEO Municipal Committee Katra Chalotra, besides president Hotel Association Rakesh Wazir, Chairman Shyam Lal Kesar among others were prominently present in the programme.
Sushma Chauhan further said that Katra has been declared as iconic city and it will be developed as real planned beautiful town so that pilgrims coming from every nook and corner of India, while going back home take away a good message.
She further assured that no amount be charged as fee or regular amount for taking garbage from the door steps and whatever would be charged will be against work done basis and that too on concessional rates.
Anshul Garg asked all stake holders for giving their suggestions so that while planning the things each and every suggestion be in-corporated and may find place in that planning and its implementation.
Rakesh Wazir said that the pilgrims visits Vaishnodevi do not know which area belongs to which agency and fault on part of any agency would lead to image deterioration of all agencies and a bad name to Katra Vaishnodevi as a whole. He said need of the hour is that consolidated efforts be made with right planning among all stake holders including local people particularly when huge amount is going to be spent on this destination.
Kesar, while citing the examples of Chandigarh, Banglore Airport Road, Darbar Sahib Amritsar and other developed places in India and abroad, said that a complete study should be done before implementing the things so that when development is going to take place and money is being spent, it should be utilized in a proper way and millions and millions of people take home a good message.
The officers present in the meeting listened the delegates patiently and assured that every suggestion will find place in the planning and implementation of the iconic project.
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