The CM was presiding over the 26th meeting of the Punjab Regional & Town Planning & Development Board. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was also present. It was decided that Mullanpur township, which adjoins Chandigarh, will be developed as a model city equipped with infrastructure and ultra-modern facilities of international standards.
The CM also gave his nod to constitute a high-level committee under the chairmanship of Advisor (Health and Medical Education) Dr K K Talwar. The committee will also have Secretary (Health), Secretary (Housing & Development), and representatives of GMADA and Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB). The panel will chalk out a comprehensive plan for the development of Medicity in Mullanpur. The state-of-the-art cancer institute on the pattern of Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital is already coming up in Medicity over an area of 50 acre.
Badal senior also gave his nod to form a similar committee of education experts for evolving a time-bound action plan to develop Educity as the hub of education over an area of 1,700 acre. Sukhbir directed the GMADA to amend the master plan of 'New Chandigarh' accordingly. He also gave the go-ahead to enhance the width of sectoral grid roads from 100 to 200 feet in the master plan of "New Chandigarh".
Several plans were approved for Mohali to make it emerge as the financial capital of Punjab. Among them is the construction of an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 3,000 people in the Nature Park, Sector 62, Mohali, spread over 50 acre where theatre performances and drama shows would be held besides conducting cultural programmes, live stage performances and concerts. Laser shows on the life and philosophy of great warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur at the memorial at Chappar Chiri would be held.