Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured the delegation of Israel’s Punjabi community that he would ask India’s Ambassador in Israel to help them in securing permission from local authorities to hold religious functions, besides procuring land for building a Gurdwara.
However, the Chief Minister told the delegation that he had been informed by the Embassy officials that the local administration has very strict guidelines on these issues.
“The embassy will see what can be done,” he said while advising the members of Israel’s Punjabi community to meet India’s Ambassador in Israel Pavan Kapoor, a statement issued here said.
According to the statement released by the state government, the delegation also raised the issue of illegal agents fleecing Punjabi youth seeking visas for travel to Israel. Capt Amarinder told them Punjab Government was already cracking down on such agents, with stringent guidelines having been issued to check their proliferation in the state.
The Chief Minister said that he was seized and concerned about the issue and had directed the concerned officials to take strict action against agents found violating the guidelines.
CAPT VISITS DAIRY FARM
On his last day of four-day Israel visit, the Chief Minister visited the Afikim Dairy Farm at Hof HaSharon, to see first-hand the techniques being deployed to boost dairy farming quality.
The Chief Minister discussed with the officials various varieties of fodder, as well as hygiene and care provided to the cattle at the farm.
He was informed that as against 10-15 litres a day, the average daily production of milk per cow was 40 litres in the farm. The fat percentage in the milk was also much higher, at four percent, compared with 2.5 percent in Punjab.
The Israeli officials told the Chief Minister that hygienic and nutritious feed, as well as clean drinking water, was the key to higher milk production, with each cow being given about 120 litres of water every day.
Climate control was also maintained with all the sheds having solar operated fans, as well as fans with mist.