‘Mohali master plan to solve traffic,parking woes’

He also declared that a AC radio taxi service would be launched in Mohali soon on the lines of the ones in Chandigarh and Ludhiana.   The round-the-clock service would be equipped with the latest GPRS technology.

Earlier,Mohali Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh Mand and SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar apprised the Divisional Commissioner about the aggravating problem of traffic in the city and suggested the provision of multi-storey parking lots besides notifying the silence zone areas and taking necessary speed control measures on major internal and outer roads of the city.

Bir assured to forward the observations to the state government for consideration during the preparation of a masterplan.

Later,addressing a meeting of deputy commissioners of Mohali,Patiala,Ludhiana,Fatehgarh Sahib,Sangrur,Ropar and Barnala,falling under the Patiala Division,Bir gave them directions to bring transparency in working of their respective district administrations besides vacating shamlat (common) lands from illegal possessions.

Bir also directed the DCs to launch a special anti-encroachment drive.

Bir also inaugurated the newly constructed committee room in the District Administrative Complex in Phase I here.