To ensure proper disposal of waste water from village ponds, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday asked the Government officers to prepare an elaborate plan for initiating the project in a big way.
Presiding over a meeting to review the implementation of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ in the State, Badal said that the project was needed to be undertaken on a war footing so that villages could be made free from the waste water in ponds, which pose a major threat to the health of the people and environment of the state.
He said that the detailed project report (DPR) should be prepared within a fortnight, so that the work on this gigantic project could be initiated at the earliest.
Dwelling on another issue, Badal asked the officers to ensure minimum 10 hours of uninterrupted water supply to the villagers through the various ongoing schemes. He said that every household must be given connection of tap water so that they could avail the facility of potable drinking water.
Badal, during the meeting, gave approval for enhancing award for motivating the Gram Panchayat Committee by felicitating them at state level function. The committees performing best in the state would be awarded with cash prize of Rsfive lakh while two other best performing committees would be given Rs3 and Rs2 lakh respectively.