Hoshiarpur: Mayor Shiv Sood today conducted a surprise inspection of the MC Library near Ghanta Ghar Chowk Hoshiarpur. He addressed the problems of the readers on this occasion and promised them with the immediate solution.
The readers complained of the unavailability of drinking water and no washroom inside the library premises. They also asked the Mayor Shiv Sood to increase the timings of the library hours.
Mayor Shiv Sood said that the Municipal Corporation would spend Rs. 9.98 Lakh for the modernization of the library including providing drinking water facility, washroom facility and other infrastructure like furniture and cupboards. He also increased the timings of library hours. Now, the library will open at 8 am and close at 12 pm in the morning and from 3 pm to 7 pm in the evening. He also declared that a peon will be deputed at the library for the service of the readers.
Library Incharge Ravinder Thakur informed that this library was opened in 1938. He said that presently MC purchase 23 daily newspapers of Punjabi, Hindi, English and Urdu for the readers. He said various magazines and other literary books are also purchased.
