AURANGABAD: With the
Aurangabad
district administration planning renovation and beautification of open spaces, some of the existing parks here will get a major facelift.
As of now, the district administration has focussed on Saheed Jagatpati park and the Gandhi Maidan which present a picture of utter neglect. District magistarte
Kanwal Tanuj
has directed the officials of the nagar parishad to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to beautify these spots.
The area around Ramesh Chowk would be widened to ensure the beautification of Jagatpati park, which will get a complete facelift and majority of the space will be kept open with low plantings and beautiful flowers around groomed walkways.
The parks will also have jogging tracks where morning walkers can move freely.
There is also a proposal to have a joggers' track and construct a community hall at the Gandhi Maidan here.
Briefing mediapersons on Sunday the DM said, "We plan to spend Rs 90 lakh on beautification of the Saheed Jagatpati park and Gandhi Maidan. The officials concerned have been directed to float tenders after which work will start."
He said the decision has been taken in the larger interest of the people who have been demanding beautification of the town. The DM said efforts are also on to revive the town hall. A team of experts have been asked to monitor the ongoing construction work of town hall so that quality is not affected.
Senior citizens have welcomed the decision of the district administration. District Pensioners' Association president
JP Sinha
said, "We welcome the decision of the administration. We will at least have some greenery to relax and have a free track for morning walk."
Revision of electoral list: Magadh division commissioner Lian
Kunga
on Sunday held a meeting at the collectorate to review the progress of revision of electoral list.
The meeting was attended by DM Kanwal Tanuj, SP Satyaprakash, SDMs and all district level officers as well as representatives of political parties.
Kunga asked the officials to finalise the list before the graduate-level MLC election, which is likely to be held early next year. He said the guidelines of the
Election Commission (EC) must be followed strictly.
Directing the block development officers (BDOs), the commissioner said, the editing work of the electoral list is going on and they should keep an eye on the booth-level officers (BLOs) so that there is no error.
Talking to newsmen after the review meeting, he also urged the voters to cooperate with the administration and get their names removed if it was incorporated in the voter list of more than one constituency.
The divisional commissioner also sought the assistance of political parties for preparing the final electoral list. He said suggestions of all parties would be welcomed.