Punjab Government has decided to release tubewell connections to all applicants applied before 2007 within one month’s time. The announcement was made by the State Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal after installing Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon as chairman of Punjab State Tube Well Corporation on Friday.
Sukhbir, accompanied by Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, said that it was SAD-BJP Government that had been clearing the pendency of tubewell connections to the farmers whereas previous Congress Government never bothered to release even single connection. “I have already approved installation of more than 300 deep tubewells in the Kandi and Bet areas of Punjab besides approving major programme for optimum utilisation of existing tubewells,” said Sukhbir. In another announcement, Sukhbir said that 40 per cent of the State’s welfare budget would be spent for the welfare of Dalit population. Enthroning Vijay Danav as chairman of Punjab Dalit Vikas Board, he said that the SAD-BJP Government was committed for the overall welfare of Dalits in the State.