(MOREPIC1)Abohar (Face2News)
Punjab Water Resources Minister Brahm Shanker Jimpa's late Friday night inspection-spree of canals, brought a ray of hope to parched tail-end farmers. The Minister said that illegal and altered water outlets will not be tolerated at any cost. He asked the officials to plug all the illegal water outlets immediately.
The Minister said that canal water to all the farmers would be ensured and strict action will be taken as per law against the miscreants who steal canal water by installing illegal pipes or by other means.
During the surprise visit, Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy MLA Jalalabad, Narinder Pal Singh Savna MLA Fazilka, Amandeep Singh Goldy Musafir MLA Balluana, Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal Deputy Commissioner and Bhupinder Singh Sidhu SSP Fazilka were also present.
The Minister went inside the canals to inspect the illegal water outlets and said that the governing system in the state has changed. “Now there is a government of the common people of Punjab, so immediate action should be taken against those influential people, who are stealing water and all such illegal outlets should be plugged at the earliest so that farmers of the tail-end could get their adequate share of canal water”, he added.
Jimpa also discussed problems related to canal water of farmers in different villages and stopped at various other locations to inspect the canals.
While taking up their grievances with the Minister, farmers were amazed that even at midnight a minister had reached them to know the ground realities. Jimpa also assured the farmers that by closing all the illegal outlets and timely cleaning of the canals, the farmers would get an adequate share of water. At the same time, he said that wherever there was a need to develop new canal projects, the government was fully prepared for it.
