Punjab CM directs FD to release Rs 60 cr for Sports Univ
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday directed the Finance Department to immediately release the sanctioned amount of Rs 60 crore for the first phase construction of the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University (MBSPSU), Patiala campus. He also asked the Finance Department to enhance the allocation for the premier institution in this year’s budget, saying that Rs 15 crore allotted for the university was too less. He also directed Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Sodhi to set up a three-member committee to coordinate with PWD for expediting work on the university, which has been functioning from another campus since 2019.
SGPC sets up COVID-19 Care Centre in Kapurthala, its third facility in Punjab
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has set up a COVID-19 Care Centre in Kapurthala, its third in Punjab. The centre will start functioning from Wednesday. The SGPC had earlier established similar facilities at Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib Alamgir in Ludhiana and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda. SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur said the people of Punjab will now get treatment for COVID-19 in their respective region after the opening of the care centre. She said that the centre to be opened at Bholath in Kapurthala will have 25 beds. Like the earlier care centres, this one would also have oxygen concentrators.
