Punjab Government is all set to launch Rs2,200 crore biggest ever sanitation programme in the State to ensure toilets in each village and to rejuvenate water supply and sewerage network.The Minister in-charge Surjit Singh Rakhra, after giving final touches to the programme, informed that he has set aside Rs1,000 crore for construction of toilets and Rs1,200 crore for rejuvenating water supply and sewerage network and more that 13,000 villages of the State.
Rakhra, elaborating the vision of Chief Parkash Singh Badal, said that it was his idea to take sanitation programme of all villages in one go and Rural Development and Water Supply and Sewerage Department were working in tandem to ensure completion of this ambitious programme by December 2016.
Reiterating the commitment of Punjab Government in ensuring total quality control in execution of this mammoth project, Rakhra said that it is for the first time that total technical staff of both department including cutting edge staff including SDOs and JEs have been called at PAU ludhiana for five-day intensive training.He said that this training would ensure universalisation of quality standards across all the villages and ensuring the success of this project with the missionary zeal.