Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday made it clear that the pace of development would not be allowed to slacken and the State’s success journey on road to prosperity would continue unabated.
Sukhbir, expressed these views while addressing vast gatherings during his sangat darshan at number of villages in his home constituency Jalalabad, reiterated his commitment that no dearth of funds would be allowed to hamper the developmental activities being carried out by the Punjab Government.
He informed that the State Government welfare initiatives include Atta-Dal, pension scheme, Shagun scheme, Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra Scheme, power subsidy of `5,600 crore per annum to farmers with free power worth `32,000 crore given till date, opening of tubewell connections for farmers with less than 2.5 acres land, 1.20 lakh soon to be advertised Government jobs, skill centers for youth training and releasing of 1.65 lakh tubewell connections.
Announcing his plans for development of Jalalabad, he said that the constituency would be given a beautified look and a sum ranging from `5 to 10 crore would be spent under MGNREGA for all round development of Jalalabad.Sukhbir said that the State Government’s new initiative of health insurance scheme would benefit 11 lakh farmer families who could avail treatment up to `50,000 annually through a smart card. Sukbhir also said that the vast amount of development projects being executed had unnerved the opposition parties who are day dreaming about coming to power. “People of Punjab have seen through the nefarious designs of AAP whose leaders give one statement in Punjab while singing different tune in Delhi,” he said. He also divulged that recent incident of demolition if a ‘piau’ at Gurudwara Sisganj Sahib in Delhi and anti-Punjab stand in the Supreme Court on Satluj Yamina link (SYl) canal issue has unmasked the real face of AAP.