Bathinda, Aug. 8 -- More than three years after conceptualising what it says will be Punjab's first solar-powered and zero-waste public-sector building, the Bathinda Municipal Corporation has finalised a 5,000-square-yard site near the Rose Garden and floated tenders for its new headquarters.

The proposed Rs.37-crore, six-storey complex, to be built on the MC-owned land adjacent to the MC colony, will have a covered area of 90,000 sq ft and parking capacity for 168 cars. A terrace garden is planned on each floor.

Municipal commissioner Lovejeet Kaur Kalsi said the complex had been designed to bring all wings of the civic body under one roof, as several departments are currently functioning from different locations across the city, causi...