Joint Secretary of GoI holds parley with top brass of the state government to finalise arrangements
Amrit Pal Brar
Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala), October 13
In order to streamline the arrangements for the 550th parkash purab of the Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, the officers of the Government of India and Punjab government today held detailed deliberations for making elaborate arrangements for the mega event.
Chairing the meeting, Joint Secretary Ministry of Cultural Affairs Arun Goel said that both the governments would make foolproof arrangements for the ensuing gala events.
He said that both the governments were committed for celebrating this event in an unsurpassed manner. Goel said that no stone would be left unturned for ensuring smooth and hassle free conduct of the event.
The Joint Secretary asked all the departments to complete their ongoing work in a time bound manner. He said that all the works must be completed within the stipulated time frame. Goel also asked the officers of both the centre and state government to work in unison with each other to make this event a huge success.
On the occasion Principal Secretary Tourism and Culture Affairs Vikas Pratap, Principal Secretary Local Government A Venuprasad, Principal Secretary Transport K Sivaprasad, Principal Secretary PWD Hussan Lal, Secretary Water Supply and Sanitation Jaspreet Talwar and Secretary Information and Public Relations Gurkirat Kirpal Singh apprised the Joint Secretary about the events and projects being executed to commemorate the 550th parkash purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.
The Inspector General of Police Naunihal Singh apprised the Joint Secretary about the security arrangements. On the occasion Divisional Railway Manager apprised that Railways would be running 15 pairs of the trains for the pilgrims during the function.
Taking part in deliberations Secretary Information and Public relations Gurkirat kirpal Singh informed that to propogate the teachings of Guru Sahib, the Punjab government was organising light and sound shows at 25 locations, which includes 22 district headquarters besides historic cities sultanpur lodhi, Dera Baba Nanak and Batala.
He also said that a 45 mint multi media light and sound show on banks of Satluj and Beas river at 15 places and at Sukhna lake, Chandigarh was also being organised. Likewise, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh said that from November 4 to 15 a Multi media Light and Sound show would be organised at holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi in which 500 artists would to part.
On the occasion Principal secretary local government A. Venu Prashad, Principal secretary Transport K Siva Prasad, Principal secretary Tourism Vikas Partap , Secretary water supply and sanitation Jaspreet kaur , Secretary PWD Husan Lal, Secretary Information and Public Relations Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Director Cultural affairs Malwinder Singh Jaggi, Inspector General of Police Naunihal Singh, Deputy Commissioner DPS Kharbanda, Senior Superintendent of Police Satinder Singh, Director Ministry of cultural affairs Nirmala Goel, Divisional Railway
Manager Vivek Aggarwal, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rahul Chabha, Deputy Director Local Government Baljinder Singh, OSD 550th celebration Navneet kaur Bal, SDM Dr Charumita, EX Rajya Sabha member Tarlochan Singh, Prof. SS Behal Dean Department of Architect Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and others were also present.
