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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the state government will evolve a fool proof plan for eradicating water logging from the state especially the Malwa region.
The CM, who undertook a whirlwind tour of the waterlogging affected villages of Fazilka and Muktsar districts asked the officers to prepare a fool-proof plan for ensuring that the scourge of water logging is eliminated in the entire state at the earliest. He assured the farmers that from next year waterlogging will no longer bring misery in any part of the state as the state government will ensure meticulous planning and flawless execution for it.(SUBHEAD)
CM Mann said that water logging had since long been a major problem in the state. The previous governments have never taken this problem seriously due to which the situation has aggravated now. Faulty planning and haphazard execution of anti-water logging measures during previous regimes have added to the woes of the farmers of the region.
The CM said that farmers will be duly compensated for the loss incurred by them due to nature’s fury. He asked the officers to immediately start the disbursement of the compensation to waterlogging affected farmers and ensure that Girdawari for assessing the loss incurred by the farmers is conducted without any delay.
On the occasion Cabinet Minister Dr Baljit Kaur, MLAs Jagdeep Kamboj, Narinder Pal Singh Sawna, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, Deputy Commissioner Dr Himanshu Aggarwal were also present.
