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Sukhbir for marshaling positive energy of youth to decimate Congress from electoral scene of Punjab

Patiala, February 18, 2009

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and President Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal today gave a clarion call to marshal the unbundled positive energy to decimate congress from the electoral scene of Punjab. Addressing the largest ever gathering of youth organized by Akali Dal's students wing Student Organisation Of India (SOI) at polo ground here today Mr. Badal said that SAD owes its gratitude to the youth power that has brought the party in power in Vidhan Sabha Election and seeing the massive response of the youth today's rally, it was certain that congress's days are doomed in ensuing Lok Sabha Elections

The Deputy Chief Minister thanked the youth for showing faith in his vision for Punjab and said that today's rally puts a stamp of approval of the youth of the state on his progressive and futuristic policies.

Lashing at Maharaja for ruining the lives of youth by not taking any step to check smuggling of narcotic of in the state, Mr. Badal said that he has set up a Directorate of Anti Narcotic under IG R. P. Meena to wage a war against smuggling of drugs. He said that non-resident Maharaja hardly spent a month in the country and remained busy with her Pakistani friend Aroosa, putting at stake the security of the country. He said that it was matter of shame that being a Chief Minister of a State , instead of setting any ideal example for youth of the State, he remained busy in wining, dining and marry making. He said that it is strange that Maharaja of Patiala representing Patiala and that too being a Chief Minister spent 26 crores in five years for development of Patiala whereas SAD –BJP Government has already spent Rs. 100 crore in the very first year for development of city.

Unveiling his futuristic agenda for channelising the energy of youth Mr. Badal said that to provide world class higher education facilies for Punjabi youth, Rs. 2000 crores Central University was being setup in Bathinda besides Indian Institute of Technology at Ropar and Indian School of Business at Mohali. He said that Ambani Group has already agreed to setup Dhirubhai Ambani University of Information Technology at Ropar. He said that one Adarsh School each block with capital allocation of Rs. 400 crores would be setup in next two year.
Reiterating his resolve to bring out youth from the clutches of drug addiction Mr. Badal said that he as a sports minister was giving a major impetus to sports to channelize the energy of youth positively. He said that three Punjab Institute of Sports on the lines of NIS Patiala would be setup one each in Majha, Malwa and Doaba regions of the state. World class Training in Eleven games would be provided to youth in these institutes. 1200 villages each year would be given Rs 1 Lakh each for sports equipment. World Kabaddi Tournament is being organized in Punjab with the participation of teams from various countries and Punjab and winning team would get prize money of Rs. 1 Crore.

Accusing Amarinder for ignoring youth of Punjab by putting ban of government jobs during his tenure, Mr. Badal said that it was shamefull that many applicants became over aged waiting for jobs of five year. He said that his government took the first step to lift the ban on recruitment, giving jobs to 14000 teachers during first 18 months. He said that the decks are clear to recruit 21000 more teachers besides launching massive recruitment drive in health, Police and PR department.

Announcing the constitution of youth development board under the chairmanship of Mr. Gurpreet Singh Raju Khana Mr. Badal said that board has given mandate to consolidate the demands and aspirations of youth in a report so that he could get each demand processed in respective department for its early implementation.
Earlier addressing on the occasion Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia MLA from Majitha ridiculed that Amarinder was fastly moving to oblivion tracing the path of Ex Deputy Chief Minister Haryana Mr. Chander Mohan. SAD General Secretary Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra said that Patiala was all set to move on fast-lane of development under the leadership of Mr. Badal. Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal, President Youth Development Board and SOI president Mr. Gurpreet Singh Raju Khanna also addressed the rally. Mr. Harmail Singh Tohra, Mr. Surjit Singh Kohli and Mr. Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpur (former Ministers), Mr. Surjit Singh Rakhra Chairman Patiala Planning Committee, Mr. Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu former Chairman SS Board Punjab, Mayor Mr. Ajit Pal Singh Kohli and Mr. Kirpal Singh Badungar are also present on the occasion.
Earlier Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today laid the foundation stone Rs. 200 Crore state-of-art bus terminus here today to ensure 'airport equivalent' facilities to ordinary bus commuters of the Punjab.
Speaking after laying the foundation stone of art bus terminus, Mr. Badal said that it was SAD-BJP Govt. that was taking care of ordinary passengers whereas Congress Government focused on rich and elite. He said that after providing air-conditioned bus travel to commuters at virtually ordinary rates, now Punjab was all set provide world-class facilities to commuters. He said that this air conditioned bus stand, first of its own kind to be constructed in India, would have air conditioned passengers concourse with shopping area, international standard bus bays, electronic passengers information system, baggage trolleys, computerized ticketing and reservation, hi-tech security system with CCTV etc.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that this terminus to be constructed on 14 acre prime period of 18 months . He said that the enclosed passenger concourse would be centrally air conditioned to provide ambient conditions to passengers and the walls of the enclosed passengers concourse would have safety glass glazing so that the movement of buses etc. would be seen from inside the passengers concourse . He said that separate passengers waiting halls would be provided for the passengers with all kind of rest facilities like comfortable seating , wash room etc. and an access would be provided from the passengers concourse to the rest of the project facility by means of an escalator or elevator . Mr. Badal said passengers concourse would provided with facilities such as food courts, rest rooms, family entertainment like games , TV s , Restaurants , Bank ATM s, phone booths, location maps , information on tourist destinations and city etc. and separate facilities would be provided for children/kids to pass their time while waiting for the respective bus .

He said that one of the most components of a bus terminal are the toilets /wash room gents ladies and handicapped with adequate number of WC and at least two bathing areas for out station passengers to get fresh. Wash room should also be provided with hand dryers and towel tissues . Automatic shoe shining machine would also be installed in the toilets and else where in the bus terminal where ever essential . The wash room shall have mechanical ventilation as part of the HVAC system .


Mr. Badal also laid the foundation stones of Rs 6 crores projects including community centre at Ranjit Nagar and Siuna-Hasanpur link road.


471 VILLAGES OF MALWA TO HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER


Chandigarh February 18:

The Punjab Government has chalked out an extensive Plan to provide Reverse Osmosis i.e. RO based safe drinking water popularly known as "Saanjha Paani" in 471 identified problem villages of Six Districts of Malwa region of the state by 31st of March this year. A provision of Rs. 25 Crore had been made for this project. This technology this technology was being installed by "Naandi", a social organization in collaboration with Punjab government .This was disclosed here today by Mr. Manpreet Badal, Finance Minister Punjab while celebrating the completion of one year of RO System installed in Gidderbaha Constituency.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Badal said that he deliberately chose Gidderbaha , his own constituency because of the large number of detected cancer cases due to consumption of contaminated water and also the under water table was so polluted that people were forced to drink water which was not fit for consumption. He said it was a dream comes true for him that his entire constituency of 57 villages had been covered under this scheme. Gidderbaha was now the first constituency in the whole of India to have been fully covered with this scheme of providing potable water to its people. Adding further, he said that at present there were 1.5 lakh users in the constituency.

Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal also said that the huge storage water tanks with a capacity of 20,000 liters per hour have also been installed in the villages so that the electricity problem may not interrupt the system. He also said that after the installation of RO system in his constituency majority of population is free from diseases like Hepatitis A and E typhoid, diarrhohea and other dental problems.


BADAL APPEALS PEOPLE FOR CHANGE OF GUARD AT CENTRE OUST UPA GOVERNMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF PUNJAB


Muktsar, February 18:-

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today disbursed development grants to 46 village panchayats worth Rs. 50 crore during the Sangat Darshan porgramme at village Seerwali, Kannianwali, Mandi Khappianwali, Fattanwala and Udaykaran in District Muktsar and listened to the grievances of the people for on the spot redressal.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Badal said that the Punjab Government had already envisaged a massive programme of Rs. 3500 crore for revamping the century old dilapidated canal system. He also said that Rs. 25.35 crore had already been sanctioned for the construction of new water channels and distributaries to increase the water intake capacity from Mudhki distributary, Mudhki minor 1 and 2 Golewala, Lubhaniawali, new Chauntra minor and Bahelewala minor.

Mr. Badal also pointed out that under the National Health Insurance Plan, 2.81 lakh beneficiaries amongst the poor families from 8 districts have been covered under this scheme. He said that a poor family could avail of indoor treatment for its 5 members just by paying an annual premium of Rs. 30 upto Rs. 30,000 in 170 hospitals of Punjab Health System Corporation or the private hospitals approved by the Punjab Government and National Insurance Company.

The Chief Minister also appealed to the people to give full support and cooperation to the SAD-BJP candidates in the coming Lok Sabha polls by capturing all the 13 seats to ensure the installation of BJP led NDA Government at Centre for the development of the state and the welfare of all sections of the society. He said Congress always adopted an indifferent posture towards Punjab and followed a policy of divide and rule thereby divesting state's due share in river waters, denial of Chandigarh as Capital and not transferring the Punjabi speaking areas of Haryana to Punjab and above all the attack on the holy shrine of Sri Harimandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar which resulted in the 1984 Anti Sikh riots in which thousands of innocent people lost their lives and property worth crores of rupees was ransacked. He assured the people that farmers would get remunerative prices of their produce and the common man would get all the basic amenities of food, clothing and shelter if NDA Government was voted to power. He appealed the people to cast their franchise in the favour of SAD-BJP candidate Mr. Sher Singh Ghubia from Ferozepur Lok Sabha.

Lashing at Capt. Amrinder Singh for his utter misrule of 5 years, Mr. Badal said that he did nothing worth mentioning for the development of the state and the welfare of the people except looting and intimidating them and followed the policy of leisure and pleasure. He categorically said that he did not believe in the politics of vendetta and his party has not harassed anybody on this count during its regime of 2 years. He said the allegations of Congressman that our party had leashed a reign of repression were totally baseless and politically motivated.
Prominent amongst others who were present and spoke on the occasion included SAD-BJP candidates Mr. Sher Singh Ghubaya from Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat, Former Member Parliament Mr. Gurdass Singh Badal MLA Jalandhar Cantt Mr. Jagbir Singh, District SAD President Muktsar, Mr. Manjit Singh Bakrandi, Chairman Punjab Agriculture Development Mr. Sukhdarshan Singh Marar besides the senior leaders and party workers of SAD-BJP and members of the SGPC.