Mohali, May 30 -- The Zirakpur municipal council will be upgraded to corporation status, Punjab local government minister Dr Ravjot Singh announced during an early morning visit to Zirakpur on Wednesday.

He asked local MLA Kuljit Singh Randhawa to submit a formal proposal through the municipal council to the department of local government to expedite the process. The minister confirmed that the transition will be implemented through the upcoming MC elections.

MLA Randhawa said the proposal will be submitted to the department within two weeks.

Home to around 3 lakh people, Zirakpur has 31 wards. The local municipal council was formed in 2000 and saw its first elections in 2003, when NK Sharma of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) became its ...