Punjab Government is all set to give a facelift to all the link roads in the State within next six months, the process regarding which has already begun, announced Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday.
He said the SAD-BJP Government had carried out record development in the State during past nine years which stood out and spoke for itself.
Addressing a gathering on the second and last day of his Sangat Darshan at Banga, Sukhbir said when the SAD-BJP assumed the reins of power nine years back, the power sector was in dire straits but the SAD-BJP Government turned the situation around and made Punjab a power surplus State and the domestic consumers getting power 24x7 in comparison to the other neighbouring States.
“After record generation of power, the next big achievement of the Punjab Government is to strengthen the road infrastructure,” he said, adding that all the major roads of the State were being four and six laned at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore.
He said the people of the State had not witnessed the kind of landmark progress as they had done during the previous nine years of SAD-BJP rule.
lambasting Congress, he said its successive Governments did nothing for the development of State and could not name even a single progress centric initiative.
Sukhbir, later interacting with the mediapersons, said Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh had cheated the people of both Amritsar and the entire State as he didn't care to attend the lok Sabha nor did he do anything for the welfare of Punjab during his tenure as Chief Minister.
Declaring establishment of AIIMS at Bathinda to be a major achievement, he said with this reputed institution coming up in Punjab, the healthcare facilities would be more strengthened.
Replying to a query about drugs tests during police recruitment, he said that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are out to defame Punjab on the pretext of drug use whereas now it has been made clear in the Parliament that Maharashtra tops the chart in deaths owing to drug usage and Punjab is far away at more than 10 spots lower.