Will explore industrial development avenues: CM

AMRITSAR: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the state government would continue to explore new avenues for the development across industrial sectors.

He said this while inaugurating ITC’s WelcomHotel in Amritsar through a video conference from Chandigarh.

“With the opening of the fivestar hotel, the state has got a major impetus in its efforts to promote industrial and economic development,” he said, adding that the project would lead to an increase in employment generation and tourism.

He thanked the ITC Group, which had launched a food processing unit in Kapurthala and was looking at launching a new project in Hoshiarpur next year, for making huge investments in Punjab and contributing to the state’s industrial development.

Among those present at the event were state ministers Sukbinder Singh Sarkaria, OP Soni and MP Gurjit Singh Aujla.

The chief minister extended his government’s support and cooperation to ITC for expanding its presence in the state.

The state government, he said, would continue to explore new avenues for development across industrial sectors, in association with the group, an official statement said quoting him.

Spread across eight acres, the 101-room WelcomHotel is centred around a colonnaded mansion, the erstwhile Sandhanwalia Haveli.

The Haveli, which traces its origins to the early 1900s, has been restored with all modern comforts.

CAPT AMARINDER INAUGURATES ITC’S WELCOMHOTEL IN AMRITSAR VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE FROM CHANDIGARH