· PB GOVT. APPROVES PLAN OF RS.100 CRORE FOR DIGGING DEEP TUBE WELLS IN KANDI AREAS
· LAUDS CENTRAL TEAM FOR WATER LOGGED AREA, SEEKS IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION
CHANDIGARH, MAY 16: The second phase of Kandi Canal will be completed and the canal will be made operational this year by feeding the areas of Garhshankar Sub-Division.
It was disclosed by Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Irrigation, here today. He said that considering the long pending demands of natives of Kandi Areas, sympathetically, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has approved special package for the area, which included the completion of the canal, digging deep tube wells and providing better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the area.
In a communiqué to the press, Mr. Thandal said that it was the genuine grudge of the natives of the Kandi Area that due to the scarcity of better irrigation facilities that area was lagging behind in the development of agriculture sector. He said that Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has instructed the authorities to expedite the work on war-footing and complete the second phase of Kandi Canal this year by all means. He said that the Punjab Government has also approved a special plan for the all round development of Kandi Area. Mr. Thandal said that Rs.100 crore will be incurred on the digging of deep tube wells in the area. He said that these tube wells would irrigate 25,000 acre barren land.
Mr. Thandal welcomed the decision of Planning Commission of India to constituting and dispatching of a special team for evaluating and solving the problem of water logging in Punjab. Minister Thandal sought special package from the Centre Government for the farming community reeling under the problem of water logging. He said that the farmer of Punjab has been philanthropist in its approach and pursuing the principle of betterment of mankind. He said that pursuing this policy the farmer of Punjab has been feeding the Central grain pool by producing more and more food grains through the excessive use of ground water, which ultimately disturbed the water level of the state. He said that the presence of poisonous chemical elements in the ground water of some areas of Punjab rendered the ground water unable for human consumption. He said that on the other hand, the border districts of Punjab become defenseless due to the problem of water logging. He said that the Centre had not paid any heed to the genuine demands of Punjab, but it is a welcome step of the Planning Commission that he had understood the gravity of the problem of Punjab and decided to constitute and dispatch a team to evaluate and to solve the crisis of water logging.
