BJP-SAD Govt poised to get through all Bills

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by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 22
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that SAD-BJP Government was fully geared up to get through all legislative business and bills in the coming monsoon session of Punjab Vidhan Sahba starting on September 24.
Answering the queries regarding Congress’s proposed plan to stall the session, Mr. Badal said that State Government was duty bound to get through all bills of public welfare and development of the state in this session so that government working as well as development works do not get struck due to opposition’s disruptive role. He hoped that saner sense would prevail upon opposition and they would play a constructive role.
Responding to a query regarding preparedness of SAD-BJP government for elections in various Co-operative bodies, Mr. Badal said that government does not delaying cooperative elections and elections to all these bodies would be held when ever they become due. He said that Congress was indulging in the false propaganda as it feared exposure of its zero base in co-operative electorate.
Mr. Badal said that SAD-BJP government was moving with a focused approach to build the infrastructure in rural as well as urban areas. He said that in next one year 3000 crores would be spent on strengthening civic amenities in urban areas and equal amount would be spent on rural areas. He said that Rs. 1000 crore has been earmarked to strengthen the sewerage network in urban areas including 80 mandis and big villages falling in the periphery of big cities. He said that to speedup the sewerage laying process, 50% projects were being handed over to public health department and rest of the projects would be executed by the Punjab Sewerage Board.
Mr. Badal said that Rs. 10 crore would be spent on various development works in each assembly constituency. He along with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, would visit each constituency to monitor the execution of these development projects. Deputy Commissioner of each district has been appointed Nodal Officer to get these projects completed in a time bound manner besides ensuring quality control in each development work.
Earlier, Mr. Badal met the panches and sarpanches of 36 village panchayats and councilors of local Municpal Council. He individually enquired about the development requirement of each village and ward and distributed grants for these projects. During the two day Sangat Darshan programme of the Deputy Chief Minister, grants to the tune of Rs. 8.73 crore has been handed over to 71 Panchayats and all Municipal Wards.
Prominent amongst those who were present in the Sangat Darshan Programme included Mrs. Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Member Parliament, Jathedar Tota Singh and Mr Mahesh Inder Singh Nihalsinghwala and Mr Tarsem Singh Ratian.