Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked the State Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh to ensure that all genuine demands and grievances of industries are incorporated in the new industrial policy, to be released soon.
The directives came during an interaction with a delegation of Patiala Industrial Estate Welfare Society, led by its president Narinder Singh Khurana on Wednesday. The delegation apprised the Chief Minister of their pending demands, in response to which Capt Amarinder conceded that the industrial focal points were in dilapidated condition due to sheer neglect.
Capt Amarinder assured provision of basic amenities like uninterrupted power, water supply and sewerage at all the focal points on top
priority. Emphasising the need to augment the infrastructure facilities, besides Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) and Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) to industries to check the rising levels of environmental pollution, Capt Amarinder directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to chalk out a comprehensive action plan in this regard.
Reiterating his firm commitment to ensure level playing field to all industries across the State, he said that the past trend of lopsided development would be discouraged, and an equitable and uniform development model will be adopted to put the state back on the fast track of industrialisation.
Acceding to their demand to put up a large industrial plant in Patiala, Capt Amarinder said that he personally got a positive response from industry captains like Tatas, Ambanis, Mahindras and several others during his recent visit to Mumbai, and they had evinced keen interest in setting up industrial ventures in the State.