In a bid to address the menace of stray cattle besides ensuring anadequate supply of potable water, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Fridayapproved Rs. 84.53 lakh for the construction of a cattle pond in village Kanianin Shahkot block and a new water supply scheme in village Baghela of Nakodarblock.
While chairing a meeting of the district mineral foundation, thedeputy commissioner directed the Rural Development & Panchayati Raj andWater Supply and Sanitation Departments to submit their detailed proposals sothat requisite funds could be transferred for these projects.
The deputy commissioner said that both the project are of vitalimportance as one aimed at eliminating stray cattle problem while anotherfocuses on ensuring clean drinking water to people.
He said that funds worth Rs. 38.55 lakh would be incurred from thedistrict mineral funds to build a cattle pond at village Kanian in Shahkotblock while a sum of Rs. 46.03 lakh to be spent on a new water supply scheme inBaghela village.
The deputy commissioner said that this would cater to the needs ofthe population of nearly 4000 belonging to village Baghela, Vehra, and RaipurAraiyan. The scheme entails laying of new water supply pipelines and providingfunctional tap water connections in all the households of these three villages,he added.
Meanwhile, reviewing the status of recovery under the mining law,the deputy commissioner directed the revenue officials to expedite the processof attaching properties of defaulters as per the norms. Further, he directedthe officials of the food and civil supplies department not to issuecertificates to brick kiln owners unless they produce the requisite NOC fromthe mining department.
Prominent among others present on the occasion District MiningOfficer Baltej Singh Garcha, Executive Engineer Sukhpinder Singh, ExecutiveEngineer PPCB Kuldeep Singh, SDM Shahkot Dr. Sanjiv Sharma, and SDM PhillaurDr. Vineet Kumar.