Punjab Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjit Singh on Thursday asked the Kandi Area Development (KAD) administration to ensure judicious distribution of water in the Kandi area.
The Minister also asked the department officials to ensure distribution of water as per updated record of availability of water and quantum of water needed in the concerned area without any prejudice.
The instructions were issued during a brainstorming session to find solutions for grievances being faced by the people of Kandi area.
The eight MlAs from Kandi area — Rajnish Kumar from Mukerian, Arun Dogra from Dasuya, Sangat Singh Gilzian from Urmur, Pawan Adia from Sham Churasi, Sunder Sham Arora from Hoshiarpur, Dr Raj Kumar from Chabbewal, Darshan lal Mangepur from Balachaur and lov Kumar Goldy from Garhshankar — attended the meeting to discuss the issues of their respective areas.
Rana Gurjit solicited the suggestion and objections of MlAs after watching a detailed presentation given by KAD (Vigilance) Chief Engineer PP Garg regarding the Kandi Canal projects and initiatives of KAD administration to ensure availability of water in needed area.
He also instructed the officials of department to thoroughly work on suggestion given by the MlAs.
The Minister also asked KAD officials to conduct field visits in coordination with the MlAs and people representatives of concerned areas to access the ground reality besides finding solution to the problems as per local requirements.
Reacting on the objections raised by the MlAs regarding quality and other irregularities in the projects, Rana Gurjit said that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has given clear instruction that no corruption, irregularity or discrimination would be allowed at any level.
He asked the Department officials to make it sure that there should be no compromise with the quality of work. He asked the officials to plan and design the projects strictly according to available resources rather than wasting money on half-baked projects.
Stressing on the need of forming Water Users’ Associations, Irrigation Minister said that participation of direct beneficiaries must be encouraged to ensure proper operation and maintenance of irrigation system.