Bathinda, Dec. 27 -- The Bathinda municipal corporation's proposal to build a new integrated complex housing all its wings under one roof remains in limbo, as the Punjab government has yet to approve the plan, even after two-and-a-half years since the urban local body submitted it.

The plan is necessary to bring various wings of the MC in a single place for the greater convenience of the general public and better administrative management, said an MC official. Presently, several sections of the local body are scattered in different parts of the city and it is causing numerous problems in public services, said the official.

"The General House had passed a resolution in March 2023. The drawing work was completed in time after bids were in...