Birthday of Sri Guru Ramdas Ji

Development to go
on unabated : Majithia
Revenue Minsiter Bikram Singh Majithia inaugurates the Tehsil Complex at Jagraon
T
here was no shortage of
funds in Punjab that could
slow down the pace of development,
said Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram
Singh Majithia. Addressing a gathering
after inaugurating a newly-constructed
Tehsil Complex and Patwar
Station at Jagraon, he said all government
schemes, programmes and other
development works started for the
welfare of the people had been possible
because of the state’s sound financial
position.
He said thousands of kilometers of
new roads, thermal plants with an investment
of more than Rs 33,000
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crore, atta-dal scheme, pension
schemes, power plants, new district
administrative complexes and tehsil
complexes, modernisation of infrastructure
in villages, besides other development
works had been possible
because the government has ample
funds.
He said the government was committed
to an overall development of
the state and false claims made by the
political opponents were baseless and
far from truth.
Majithia said due to the efforts of
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh
Badal, Punjab had become a power
surplus state. He said new thermal
power plants had come up in the state
with an investment of more than Rs
33,000 crore. He added that despite 24
per cent less rainfall this summer,
there were no power cuts in Punjab.
He said besides, many administrative
reforms had been introduced for
the help of common man. It included
setting up of saanjh kendras and suvidha
centres, where all facilities were
being provided under one roof.
Punjab, he said, was taking big
strides in development, which was the
main reason that many investors were
keen to come to the state.
October 2015
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