Mission Tandarust Punjab Proves Boon For 26 Villages’ Ponds
Cleanliness To be Done Under MGNREGA
Nawanshahr, June 17-
Mission Tandarust Punjab is proving beneficial for as many as 26 villages of SBS Nagar district. The ponds of these villages would be spruced up in next few days under MGNREGA.
ADC (D) Davinder Singh while divulging details said that under mission Tandarust Punjab, the Rural Development and Panchayat department had undertaken the project of cleaning of village ponds. In first phase, the ponds,in extremely critical condition, would be undertaken .
All the Block Development and Panchayat Officers have been directed to identify five villages per block to undertake the work of cleanliness.
Yesterday, a meeting of all the MGNREGA workers and residents of these villages called at village level to start the project, he said while adding that first of all, these ponds would be dewatered and afterwards cleanliness would be done by undertaking deep-digging
He said that under Mission Tandarust Punjab, maximum number of village ponds would be cleaned so that villagers can get healthy environment by planting saplings near these ponds.
Giving details of the villages where the work would be started in first phase he said that Gunachaur, Sakohpur, Kharkuwal, Kamam and Gehal Majari of Aur block, Jandiala, Heon, Kaleran, Ladhana Jhikka and Burj Kandhari in Banga block, Palli Uchchi, Bheen, Karyam, Hansron and Bairsian in Nawanshahr block, Rakkran Dhahan, Begumpur, Rurki Kalan, Mangupur, Allowal and Saroya villages in Saroya block, Garhi Kanugoan, Mansewal, Sudha Majra, Kulewal and Aklyiana in Balachaur block’s ponds would be spruced up soon.