Guruharsahai: “The Punjab Government would spend Rs. 2000 crore on the repair of the link roads falling in the state which would also entail the renovation of the roads.” This was disclosed here today by the Cabinet Minister, Punjab, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on the occasion of the disbursal of the cheques aimed at the development of panchayats and schools of Guruharsahai subdivision.
Addressing a massive gathering, Rana Sodhi said that the Punjab Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has taken a historical decision to waive off the loans of the small farmers which has benefitted immensely the scores of small and poor farmers of the state. He also said that under Mission Tandarust Punjab a specialized campaign is being run to make every person of Punjab robustly healthy both from the physical and psychological point of view.
The Sports and Youth Affairs Minister further said that an amount of Rs. 28 crore would be spent on the rooms, toilets, clean drinking water in the schools of Guruharsahai Sub-Division besides basic infrastructure and it is under this plan that a sum of Rs. 90 Lakh has been released. Similarly, for the all-round development of the villages coming under the constituency a grant of Rs. 1 crore has been released today. He emphasized proper utilization of the grant and cautioned against any malpractice.
The minister further informed that under Mission Tandarust Punjab, the Sports and Youth Affairs Department would initiate a special campaign as per which the initiatives with regard to keeping fit the youth of the state would be undertaken. He also said that the government would start special periods aimed at sports activities in the schools. He also disclosed that various schemes would be run to attract the youth towards sports field apart from taking the number of other measures such as increasing the number of sports clubs in the villages, sports wings in educational institutions and also sports stadiums as well as sports gyms. He exhorted the people to be associated with the Mission Tandarust Punjab movement in a big way.