Beautification project kicks off in Panchkula

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, July 15

In a bid to beautify Panchkula, the Municipal Corporation started the work on beatification of roundabouts on Sunday. The work began with the Panchkula MLA, Gian Chand Gupta, laying the foundation for the project at the Sector 7/18/8/17 rotary, also known as Major Sandeep Sagar roundabout.

“Under the Panchkula beautification project, nine roundabouts will be beautified in a phased manner. Out of these nine roundabouts, eight are with the MC and one comes under the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP),” said Rajesh Jogpal, MC Commissioner-cum-Administrator.

“The work will be done in two phases. In the first phase, the work on roundabouts will be completed by December. The work on entry points of Panchkula will begin in the second phase,” he added.

The beautification work began with transplantation of saplings at all roundabouts. An area of six lakh square metres covered by the nine roundabouts will be beautified under the project. The MC has allotted the Rs 2.84 crore work order for the project recently. The civic body handed over the project to a private firm AYM (Architect Yetinder Mathur) to design its concept in March this year.

Key features of the project

• The project aims to improve landscaping, plantation and lighting at roundabouts.
• Major focus will be on geometric correction of the road network.
• The project will ease movement of traffic.
• It will also minimise road accidents in the city.