By Punjabnewswire4u
BHAI KA KERA (SRI MUKTSAR SAHIB), NOV 20
Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought technical support from the
experts of World Bank (WB) to save the people from the furry of floods besides
permanently solving the problem of water logging in the area on the top
priority.
Talking to the media persons on the first day of his three-day Sangat Darshan
program, Mr. Badal said that the 6-member WB delegation led the task team
leader Mr. Srinivasa Rao Podi P Reddy met him yesterday at Patiala to apprise
him about the progress of the ongoing WB project on potable drinking water and
sanitation in the state. The Chief Minister asked the WB mission to help
the state in suggesting a time tested technology to bail out the people of this
belt, who had suffered extensive damage to their crops and house property due
to heavy rains during last monsoon. Mr. Badal pointed out that the state
government had already submitted a comprehensive proposal of Rs.3327.57 crore
to the Planning Commission of India for effective eradication of the problem of
water logging besides resolving the major problem of swiftly depleting water
table in the southern districts of the state.
Slamming the former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Smt. Rajinder
Kaur Bhattal for poor financial condition of the state, Mr. Badal said that Congress
leadership was left with no other option except indulging in either mudslinging
or finding faults with the state government. He said that how a state
with poor finances could manage to provide subsidized Atta-Dal to 15.40 lakh
families which had now been doubled. Likewise, Punjab would soon become a
power surplus state in the near future which could only be feasible due to the
visionary approach of the state government and thus he advised these leaders to
desist from making irresponsible statements without verifying the facts and
moreover such callous attitude does not behoove of a leader having stature of
Mrs. Bhattal.
Reiterating his firm commitment to make Punjab free from the slur of drugs and
narcotics, Mr. Badal further said that the unscrupulous and anti-social
elements indulging in such unlawful activities would not be spared at any
cost. Squarely blaming the Congress led UPA government at Centre which
had blatantly failed to check the cross border smuggling of drugs and warranted
far more stringent steps to be initiated by it in terms of intensifying the
patrolling at the international border so that this malpractice must be brought
to an end for the larger public interest.
The Chief Minister further said that the land which was not fit for normal
cultivation due to water logging would be utilized for fish farms and the state
government would offer 30% as subsidy to encourage fish farming in the
region.Likewise, the forest department would bear the entire cost of nurturing
the poplar and eucalyptus plants for one year to encourage the farmers for
opting agro forestry as a step towards the promotion diversification of
agriculture. He blamed the Centre for the anti-farmer policies which had
rendered agriculture as non-remunerative profession because Centre was
exercising entire control over all the policy decisions related to farming
sector like fixation of prices, determination of agriculture costs and inputs
thus putting the beleaguered peasantry in a tight spot.
Calling upon the farmers to adopt allied farming like honey-bee, fisheries and
other related agriculture practices, Mr. Badal said that the state government
would provide all possible assistance in this regard.
Patting the students of village Phulo Khera, Bhai Ka Kera and Dabwali Malko Ki
who secured 80% or above marks in 10th class, Mr. Badal gave
away cash prize of Rs.5000 each to them. He informed such bright students
would now be entitled for scholarship of Rs.2500 per month or Rs.30000 per year
under the recently launched Hargobind Khurana Scholarship Scheme. He said
that the arrears of scholarship to the tune of Rs.7500 for the first quarter
had been credited to the bank accounts of the students. Mr. Badal also
mentioned that six new model schools at Bathinda, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala,
Jalandhar and Mohali would be opened where the students would be provided with
the facilities of education and boarding free of cost.
The Chief Minister listened to the grievances of the panchayats of village
Fatehpur Manian, Phulo Khera, Arniwala Wazira, Bhai Ka kera, Baloch Khera,
Mahani Khera, Kangan Khera and Dabwali Malko during the Sangat Darshan and
asked the concerned officer to immediately initiate action for the quick
redressal of their complaints.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Special Principal Secretary Mr. KJS
Cheema, Chief Engineer Canals Mr. AS Dulat, Director Agriculture Dr. Mangal
Singh Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner Muktsar Mr. Paramjit Singh and SSP Mr. Surjit
Singh.
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