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Secretary inaugurates renovated toilet block at Cremation Ground
Rotary Club Chandigarh partnered with this Rs.40 lakh project
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS,
Principal Secretary Home, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the renovated toilet
blocks and hand wash stations at the cremation ground, sector 25, here today in
presence of Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, former world president of
Rotary International Sh. R.K. Saboo, Sh. N.P. Sharma, S.E. (PH), Sh. Sanjay
Arora, S.E. (B&R), other senior officers of MCC and members of Rotary Club
of Chandigarh.While elaborating about the project, MC Commissioner said that
the work includes 2 toilet blocks, one for gents and one for ladies, each toilet
block has 3 water closets and 1 for disabled persons. There are 12 no. of
Urinals, 6 no. of bathrooms and
36 No. of hand wash stations.
Chandigarh Rotary Club Service Trust had
initiated this project in July, 2018 at a cost of Rs.40 lakh in partnership
with the Saboo Business Group, Rtn. Jagesh Khaitan, and M/s IPF Vikram India
Ltd, and an MoU was signed in July 2018 with the Chandigarh Municipal
Corporation for redesigning and reconstructing the public convenience for the
visitors to the cremation ground under PPP mode. Under the memorandum of
understanding the renovated toilets shall be maintained by the partners for
next five years. Rtn R.K. Saboo, who had initiated this project,
commended the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh for completing the project very
efficiently and within the given time, giving Rotary another opportunity to be
a part of another meaningful project.
Rotary had also undertaken
beautification of the cremation ground and had repaired and refurbished the
electric crematorium earlier in 2005, Mr Saboo added. President Rtn AP
Singh said that Rotary Club Chandigarh, a unit of Chandigarh Rotary Club
Service Trust, has always been in the forefront of service to the community
over the last 61 years and this project is among a variety of other projects
undertaken by the Club for the benefit of the society at large.
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