Kanwaljit warns polluting units

The Minister said that a special campaign to create awareness among the masses about environment preservation would be launched in the schools, village panchayats and municipal councils int he state. Many social and voluntary organisations would be associated with the campaign, Singh said.

Kanwaljit Singh announced two new schemes for cleanliness of villages. patialasaid that the waste water in villages would now be collected at one place outside the village and it would be processed for irrigation purposes. A matching grant scheme was also being introduced in the villages, under which any village panchayat would be entitled to a matching grant for any proposal for execution of a project for cleanliness of the village.

The Minister announced that all the primary school buildings would be renovated and those in need of furniture would get it on priority. He called upon village panchayats to draw up their priority of plans to be executed so that developmental works could be taken up in a phased manner.

In an important decision, the Minister announced waiving off of the restrictions imposed by the Punjab Urban Development Authority (puda) on new land registration deeds in the Dera Bassi Municipal Council limits and said new registries would be allowed from Tuesday onwards.

Prominent among others who spoke on the occasion included president of the Municipal Council Jagjit singh Dali and president of the Dera Bassi Rotary Club Bhupinder Saini.