Raakhi Jagga

Gurpreet Singh Gogi, Ludhiana West MLA of AAP said, “People gave us a record mandate and chose us over other political parties; if anyone from our own party does anything wrong, action has to be taken against them. People chose us because of our honesty and I welcome the decision of the Punjab CM. It had never happened before and needs to be appreciated.”

Among the first to do so were residents of village Bannawali, located near the Talwandi Sabo Thermal Plant.

A dentist from Mansa who joined AAP in 2016, Singla's elevation to Cabinet status had surprised many

According to details, in 2021, around 46% of the area under paddy in Fazilka was grown using the new technique, making it the top district in Punjab to have embraced this method.

They waited to receive the promised Rs 3 lakh from the Telangana CM. About 400 families have also received Rs 5 lakh compensation from the previous Congress-led Punjab government.

Former SAD MLA Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi said similar was the situation in urban areas of Muktsar. "People are arranging tankers as water supply department is hardly giving any supply. Their reserve stocks seem to be completely over."

The Punjab government, which was the first to announce compensation for the kin, has provided the relief to nearly 400 families so far. On Sunday, the Telangana government will distribute relief to 619 farmers from Punjab.

According to the figure recorded by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha(SKM), nearly 714 farmers of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand had died during this agitation and a majority of them - exactly 619 - were from Punjab.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Vijay Singla distributed compensation worth Rs 25 lakh to the families of five people in Mansa who lost their lives during the farmers’ agitation.

The department said that their advisory also makes it categorically clear that the water being released in Ferozepur feeder from May 17 onwards can only be used for irrigation purposes and not for drinking.

Gurtej Singh, father of child, raised a question mark over the poor healthcare system in the state.

The Punjab government recently announced Rs 1,500 incentive per acre for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR), which is known for saving water, during the paddy sowing season that starts from May 20.

Going by the figures of All India Bicycle Manufacturing Association (AICMA), the sale of Roadsters dropped from 64,76,385 in 2019-20 to 48,42649 the next year and further to 46,33,541 in 2021-22, signalling a drop of drop of 39.77 per cent.

According to estimates, Punjab will save around 300-500 MW of power daily if the industries opt for staggering their off days. On Sundays, with industries shut, the state on an average sees a relief of 1800 MW.

The Rajasthan canal, also known as the Bikaner canal, is 560 km long and gets its water from the Sutlej river in Punjab.

41% more power was supplied in May this year compared to last year, says the corporation

The new lease policy for panchayati land, which was notified on March 10 this year, has done away with several relaxations previously offered to Dalit land labourers, leaving them miffed.

In Sangrur’s Daska, farmers fixed a rate of Rs 3,500 per acre for labouers and announced Rs 20,000 fine for farmers who flout the rule.

Earlier on May 8, sixteen farmers' bodies had rejected the electricity supply schedule for the upcoming paddy sowing season issued by the state government and had asserted that they would start transplanting paddy plants from June 10.

Municipal elections in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Patiala are scheduled for January next year, but corporations can be dissolved 6 months ahead as well by the state government. So, political parties are making advance preparations for the polls.

Villagers not only fear flooding, but also water scarcity during peak cotton sowing period. Farmers also complained that the breach has happened twice in around five weeks.

Punjab has a total of 1.57 lakh acres of panchayat land out of which one-third or nearly 52 lakh acres is reserved for Dalits.

Jeevan Gupta, general secretary of state BJP, said Kejriwal is misusing his MoU on knowledge sharing.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said this was the first time that the state government had promised to purchase a crop other than paddy or wheat on MSP.