AMRITSAR: Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and Ambassador of India to AmericaTaranjit Singh Sandhu said that the comprehensive development of Amritsar will be done in a planned manner following the footsteps of the Gurus.
A special package will be brought for Guru Nagari from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The towns around the city will also be developed with the support of the central government.
Former ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who came to participate in the annual religious event in memory of Baba Gurmukh Singh, Baba Jhanda Singh, Baba Sadhu Singh and Baba Sham Singh who served at Mananwala, said that Amritsar is not only the center of religious faith but also the Guru.
The owners have many markets to promote its development and tradewere established Skilled people and businessmen were settled here.
Former ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that times have changed, now the city demands development on modern lines.
He said that apart from making the city a beautiful model city, a lot has to be done to achieve the goal of increasing the income of the people and improving the business.
He said that the city of Amritsar was not only known for business but also religiously, that position will be regained. He said that lakhs of people come here every day. They are forced to stay in Amritsar for at least three days, so there is a need to boost the tourism industry here. There is no shortage of historical monuments, but special attention will have to be paid to preservation. He said that there is a garden with jalai, the auspicious shrine of Maha Rishi Balmik is the Sri Ram Tirtha temple, people come from all over the country to see the retreat at the Attari border.
He said that the income of farmers can be increased by bringing innovation in agriculture, for this purpose arrangements will be made to run cargo flights from Amritsar. He said that there is no lack of ability among our youth but there is definitely a lack of opportunity. Opportunities will be provided by making them skilled.
He said that a few decades ago, Amritsar used to be the center of industry, even now efforts will be made to get help from the central government and capital investment from foreign companies, especially American companies, to establish industry here. On the occasion of the event, Ambassador of India to America, S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu and former Cabinet Minister S. Gulzar Singh Ranike was honored.On this occasion, Bhai Dharam Singh, former Vice Chairman Malkit Singh Babbu, Jagir Singh Thind, Eng: Karnbir Singh Thind, Prof. Sarchand Singh, Prithipal Singh Mann, Jagbir Singh Jaggi, Navtej Singh Bashambarpura, Eng: Karnbir Singh Thind, Gagandeep Singh Jammu, Dilbagh Singh Chauhan, Karamjit Singh, Kanwaljit Singh Mananwala, Sarabjit Singh, Paramjit SinghBikku, Parminder Singh Kalu, Hardev Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Harsharan Singh Bika, Kanwaljit Singh Talwandi, Lakhwinder Singh, Paramjit Singh Gujar Singh Cold Store Wale, Karnail Singh Marok, Surjit Singh, Jagir Singh Kali, Gurdayal Singh, Iqbal Singh, Rachpal Singh , from Satpal Singh Thind, Gurjit Singh Titu, Jagdeep Singh Thind, Angrej Singh, etcBesides, a large number of local residents were present.