Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said that the work on four laning of Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar-Moga-Barnala-Jind road projects costing Rs 2500 crore would begin in 15 days.
Addressing a gathering at lala lajpat Rai Government College here on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary celebrations of lala lajpat Rai, he said that all major towns of Punjab would be provided with sewerage and water supply facilities at a cost of Rs 4000 crore.
On the occasion, Sukhbir paid rich tributes to freedom fighter lala lajpat Rai and said that he fought the British imperialism all his life and acted as a inspiring light for numerous other freedom fighters such as Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that Bathinda-Chandigarh road would also be 4 laned and Bathinda-Amritsar road would be widened.
Sukhbir also announced Ajitwal to be made a sub-tehsil and announced a grant of Rs 5 crore for auditorium of lala lajpat Rai Government College besides announcing Rs 3 and half crore for Astroturf at college.
Apart from this, the Deputy Chief Minister laid foundation stone of widening and strengthening of ink road NH-95 to chuharchak to dhudike.
He said that history of Punjab is replete with untold number of sacrifices made for the sake of freedom of country with maximum from state undergoing life imprisonments at Andaman-Nicobar and many other embracing martyrdom. He added that he salutes village Dhudike which has produced eminent martyrs of Indian freedom struggle.
Calling SAD a party of freedom fighters, Sukhbir said that the party was always in forefront of independence movement and even after independence, it continued to fight for protecting interests of farmers and poor people.
The Deputy CM informed that SAD waged a relentless struggle when democracy was threatened in emergency time in 1975. He exhorted people to not fall into the trap of false promises of other parties and said that ‘Apna apna hi hunda hai’.
Sukhbir also listed schemes like waiving of tubewell bills, enhancing old age pension to Rs 500 from Rs 250, Shagan Scheme, Atta Dal Scheme which has benefitted 40 lakhfamilies, health and accidental insurance for poor people, farmers and traders, pension of Rs 1000 to Sangharshi Yoddhas undergoing prison term during emergency among others.