Rs 10-cr infra push for holistic development

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 8

The Punjab Government has released a grant of Rs 10 crore to the Kapurthala assembly constituency, for the holistic development of villages under the Punjab Nirman Programme. MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh, who started distributing grants to the panchayats at villages Saidowal, Sunnarwal and Dhaliwal Dona for the development works, said, under the first phase, grant worth Rs 8.61 crore has been distributed to 83 villages.

While addressing the people at Saidowal, MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh said the Punjab Government had released a grant of Rs 10 crore for providing basic amenities in the rural areas.

He said with this grant, construction of concrete streets, sewerage, streetlights, parks, cremation grounds, pipelines, gym rooms, interlocking tiles, sewerage lying in villages would be completed within next two months.

He called upon the panchayats to make optimum use of these grants and pay special attention towards the quality of work.

Besides, he also granted loan waiver certificates to landless farmers. Under this scheme, the debt relief of Rs 5.33 crore would be provided to 2,823 farmers of the Kapurthala assembly constituency. He distributed debt relief certificates worth Rs 15 lakh to 72 farmers of the Gosal Cooperative Society.