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Some of the achievements
of Sh. Satya Pal Jain as MP.
(Tenure as
Member of Parliament: May,1996 to June,1999)
Chandigarh-Ludhiana Railway Link got approved:
This new railway line would connect
Chandigarh with Ludhiana
and would provide the much needed direct connection between Chandigarh
and the cities of Punjab. This
project was approved by Central Government during the tenure of Mr. Satya Pal Jain as MP. The work is currently in progress. Once completed,
it...
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Would provide
easier and cheaper mode of transport to the public.
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Would be
beneficial to traders and manufacturers of the city.
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Direct trains
to cities of Punjab would be possible.
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City Residents
would get an additional mode of transport to go to Punjab.
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'Government orders laying of rail line'
CHANDIGARH, Dec 19 - The Union Government has
already ordered the laying of the Chandigarh—Ludhiana rail line and
the government is interested in getting on with the project as early
as possible, claimed the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain.
Mr Jain met
the Union Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar in New Delhi yesterday.
Mr Jain requested him that either the Prime Minister or he himself
should come to lay the foundation stone of the project in January or
February...........
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 20 December,
1998 |
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'New Chandigarh-Ludhiana line work will
commence soon'
..........It has also been decided to
hold foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Broad Gauge line
between Chandigarh and Ludhiana at Mohali in Punjab on June 27, 1999...........
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Press Information
Bureau, Government of India : 10 June, 1999 |
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'Ludhiana
rail link gets underway'
SAS NAGAR,
June 27 — One of the most prestigious railway projects in Punjab in
the past 50 years — the Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link providing a
direct link from Chandigarh to all cities of the state besides the
Jammu region — finally got underway today.
The Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, formally laid the foundation
stone of a new railway station here as part of the massive Rs 248
crore project. ...
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those present on the occasion were Mr Tota Singh, Mr Sewa Singh
Sekhwan, Mr Sarwan Singh Phillaur and Mr Swarna Ram (all ministers
of Punjab, Mr Balwinder Singh Bhunder, a Rajya Sabha member, and
Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former MP from Chandigarh.
...THE TRIBUNE...
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28 June,
1999 |
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'Work on Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail line to be
speeded up'
Chandigarh, June 2 - All the impediments were
cleared for speeding up construction on the 112 km
Chandigarh-Ludhiana railway line at a high-level meeting..........
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...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 03 June,
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Development of
Chandigarh
Railway Station:
A
project of Rs
6 crore was approved by the Central Government during the tenure of Sh.
Satya Pal Jain for development of the Chandigarh Railway Station.
New facilities that were made available under this project include:
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Technical, maintenance
and coaching facilities.
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Increase in Number of
Platforms from 3 to 6.
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Increase in Length of
Platforms to accommodate 21 coaches.
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Two 'sick lines' for
carrying out maintenance and repair work on coaches.
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A washing line for
washing trains.
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Additional 'shunting
neck' to enable locomotives & coaches to switch tracks.
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Direct entry to
the railway station from the satellite township of Panchkula.
New long
distant trains to Mumbai, Howrah and Chennai have been introduced after
these new facilities became available.
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'6 Crore railway station project approved'
CHANDIGARH, Sept 7: Decks have been cleared for
significant expansion and upgradation of the Chandigarh Railway
Station by railway headquarters in Delhi, it is learnt.
Sources say that direct entry to the
railway station from the satellite township of Panchkula has been
sanctioned. The project, estimated to cost about Rs 62 lakh, will be
the first to be taken up and is expected to begin in about two
months. ...
...A direct rail link to Ludhiana is also on the anvil and the
tracks on this circuit are likely to be laid alongside the road
route, which, railway officials say is the shortest distance between
Chandigarh and Ludhiana....
.... Shatabdi Plus, the much-hyped luxurious express train between
Delhi and Chandigarh, which was earlier to be launched on August 15,
is now scheduled to be flagged-off on October 2.
...THE INDIAN EXPRESS...
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 : 08 September,
1998 |
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'Mumbai-Kalka train'
CHANDIGARH, March 4 — The Railways will start a
direct express train between Kalka and Mumbai from April 11. The
train will run on four days of the week from both the destinations.
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...Sources in the Railways said that the train was being started as
a summer special. However, if coaching, berthing and washing
facilities were available in Chandigarh by July the train would be a
regular feature. Already, a Rs 7 crore project had been sanctioned
to build these facilities at the Chandigarh station. ...
... Meanwhile the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in a
statement issued tonight said that the Union Railway Ministry had
decided to sanction a sum of Rs 7 crore to provide facilities at the
Chandigarh railway station. Washing facilities were being provided
at platform number 4. Besides this, a shelter was being provided at
platform number 2 and 3.
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 04 March,
1999 |
Chandigarh Medical College
Project of Rs. 225 Crore:
Although the Central
Government had laid the foundation stone of the Chandigarh Medical
College in 1991, but the then MP (Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal of the Congress) did
not take any steps in this direction.
When Mr. Satya Pal Jain was
elected Member of Parliament from Chandigarh, ...
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He got Rs 225
crore sanctioned from the Union Health Ministry in 1996 for the completion of
the Chandigarh Medical College Project.
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Recognition
of the College from the Medical Council of
India. (It was included in the list of Recognised Medical Colleges
by the Medical Council of India vide letter No.MCI-34(41)97-Med/2276
dated 25th April, 1997).
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He got the college
Recognised from Government of India for MBBS Degree. (It was
recognised for the award of MBBS degree by the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, Govt. of India w.e.f. 30th December, 1996, vide letter
No.34(41)98-Med./21035 dated 9th November, 1998).
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The College was also
granted Permanent Affiliation for the MBBS course by the Panjab
University for 50 admissions annually during his tenure as MP. (vide
letter No.2730/A-4/Misc dated 3rd April, 1999).
[Click
here for the official website of Government Medical College & Hospital,
Chandigarh]
Four
Laning of Chandigarh-Ambala Road
got approved:
This project
was approved by the Central Government and the 'Bhumi pujan' was
performed by Sh. B C
Khanduri, Union Minister for Surface Transport on 17 February, 2004 in the presence of Shri Satya Pal Jain
and other dignitaries
at Zirakpur.
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'Minister’s
assurance on City-Ambala highway'
Chandigarh,
September 26: The Union Minister for Surface Transport and National
Highways has assured the member of the National Executive of the BJP,
Mr Satya Pal Jain, of taking a decision on widening the Chandigarh-Ambala
national highway to four lanes soon.
Mr Jain,
who called upon the minister recently, said he urged the latter to
clear the project at the earliest, as the traffic on the highway had
increased manifold.......... .
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 27 September,
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'City-Ambala 4-laning to cost Rs 190 cr'
Bhoomi poojan ceremony
performed
Zirakpur,
February 17: The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways,
Major-General B. C. Khanduri (retd), today performed the bhumi poojan
ceremony for the four-laning of the Ambala-Chandigarh road (NH-22) from
km 5.6 to km 40 up to junction with NH-21 under the Pradhanmantri Bharat
Jodo Pariyojana (PMBJP).........
The brief
bhoomi poojan ceremony held by the side of the busy highway was
attended, among others, by the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of
UT, Chandigarh, Justice O. P. Verma (retd), Punjab Minister for PWD, Mr
Partap Singh Bajwa, local MLA and former Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh,
sitting MP from Ambala, Mr R.K. Kataria, and former Chandigarh MP, Mr
Satyapal Jain..
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 18 February,
2004 |
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'Four-laning of Ambala
Road by 2006'
CHANDIGARH: The
four-laning of the Chandigarh-Ambala highway finally appears to be
getting off the ground. Union minister for road transport and highways B
C Khanduri, on Tuesday, performed bhoomi poojan at Zirakpur to formally
announce that the project was ready to take off........
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...THE TIMES OF INDIA...
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: 18 February,
2004 |
Chandigarh Doordarshan Kendra
established at Chandigarh:
The
construction of
Chandigarh Doordarshan Kendra was approved and started during the tenure
of Mr. Satya Pal Jain. Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting)
accompanied by Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Mr. B K Dey (Engineer-in-Chief, Doordarshan)
and other senior functionaries of Doordarshan, performed 'Bhoomi Pujan'
on 24th July, 1998. It was inaugurated by her on 28th April, 2001.
It is the first
centre in the country providing services to private producers.
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'Sushma echos concern on cultural pollution'
Bhoomi Pujan of Chandigarh Studio of Doordarshan performed
CHANDIGARH, July 24 — The
Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Communications, Mrs
Sushma Swaraj, today emphasized the need to provide quality
entertainment to the viewers of Doordarshan without compromising the
country's cultural ethos and value system. Speaking after "bhoomi pujan"
of the Chandigarh studio of Doordarshan here this afternoon, she
said.........
..........Earlier, the local
MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in his address of welcome, thanked the minister
for taking up the project which has been hanging fire for the past nine
years. Chandigarh, he said, was perhaps the only city which is a joint
capital of two states besides a union territory, in itself, which
continued to be without a Doordarshan Kendra.......... .
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 25 July, 1998 |
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'Sushma gifts relay
centre with DD studio'
CHANDIGARH, July 24: The City
will not only have a Doordarshan studio but a relay centre as well,
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj announced
today, after laying the foundation stone of a Rs 7.21-crore Doordarshan
studio in Sector 37.
It's strange that the capital of two states has to depend on some
other centre," She also announced that the Punjab regional service of DD
will telecast programmes from the first week of August. ...
... Later, addressing a gathering at Tagore theatre, local MP
Satya Pal Jain said the "shilanayas" of the studio was done in 1989
and neither any MP nor any government took pains to start construction.
... Local MP Satya Pal Jain suggested that the department should
make such plans so that telephones connections are made available in
Chandigarh on demand by January 31, 1999.
He also requested the department to consider the calls for Dera
Bassi and nearby areas as local calls. "Most of the people from
Chandigarh have set up their industries over there," he said.
...THE INDIAN EXPRESS...
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: 25 July, 1998 |
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'DD Relay Centre in Sec 37 soon'
CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — A
relay centre of Doordarshan will be inaugurated in Sector 37 here by
the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mrs Sushma Swaraj,
next month. This was announced by Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former local
MP, who met the minister in New Delhi recently......... .
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 15
January, 2001 |
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'City Gets
DD Centre'
Chandigarh, April 28 —
Studios of Doordarshan, which were formally opened in Chandigarh
today, will be let out for use by private parties to produce
programmes, while a full-fledged relay centre will start functioning
in the city within one month, said the Union Information and
Broadcasting Minister, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, after inaugurating the
studios in Sector 37 this morning.......... .
...THE TRIBUNE...
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: 29 April, 2001 |
Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Comprehensive
utilisation of MPLADS has been one of the big achievements of Sh. Satya
Pal Jain. It was for the first time that so much development was done
under MPLADS in Chandigarh. Infact,
Sh. Satya Pal Jain is the first
MP from Chandigarh to fully utilize MPLADS Funds received during tenure
(utilizing Rs. 99,99,815 out of Rs 1,00,00,000 allotted during his
tenure as MP from 1996-98).
[Before this,
Rs. 1.17 crore remained unutilized out of the 2.05 crore allotted to the previous MP (Mr.
Pawan Kumar Bansal of Indian National Congress) due
to Mr. Bansal's ignorance and indifference].
A total of 234
projects were recommended by Mr. Satya Pal Jain for implementation
under MPLADS.
- 101 Projects were
approved & completed.
- 94 Projects were
rejected as per the guidelines of MPLADS.
- 39 Projects could
not be implemented due to the sudden dissolution of the Lok Sabha in
1999.
The 101 approved
projects covered various development activities all over the city:
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Development of
more than 72
parks
of Chandigarh was done under MPLADS.
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13 Community Centres built
in various parts of Chandigarh covering both rural and urban areas.
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Introduction of
Computer Education in 9 schools and colleges
of Chandigarh. 16 computers were provided in total under MPLADS.
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3 Projects for Strengthening of Drinking Water Facilities in the
Chandigarh. Hand Pumps, Water
Tankers, Boosters, etc were provided
under MPLADS.
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4 Projects for
Strengthening of Health Services in Chandigarh. Funeral Vans,
Patient Vans, Ambulances and Vehicle for De-addiction Centre provided
under MPLADS.
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26 other
MPLADS projects
including
Construction of
Students’ Centre in Punjab University Campus,
Development of Cremation Grounds,
Installation of Street Lights, Construction of Public Toilets, Providing
Facilities to the Blind,
Extension work of 3rd phase of Rock Garden,
etc.
[Full Details on MPLADS utilization
available here]
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