Jalandhar, February 5 – The district administration has ordered the constitution of joint panel comprising the officials from Municipal Corporation, Irrigation and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to deal the waste in the distributary of the Bist-Doab Canal crossing from the various parts of the city.
Presiding over the meeting of District Environment Committee in District Administrative Complex, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Vishesh Sarangal asked the officials of three departments to conduct the survey in the entire 10-km area around distributary of the Bist-Doab Canal and give a comprehensive report over the menace.
On being informed by PPCB that distributary has become a garbage dumping site, the Additional Deputy Commissioner asked the officials to also start challaning drive against those responsible for throwing garbage there. Besides, Vishesh Sarangal told them to also run an intensive awareness drive in the areas surrounding the distributary to sensitize the people for maintaining cleanliness.
The Additional Deputy Commissioner asked the officials to submit the inspection report to his office so that action would be taken to tackle the pollution in the distributary.
Further, he told them to take strict action those who found burning the garbage which creates pollution in the environment.
He said that Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is committed for the holistic development of the city and prosperity of the people and no stone would be unturned for the cause.
Sarangal also took stock of progress of Sewage Treatment Plant (STPs) projects and asked the officials to complete all works at the earliest.
Additional Deputy Commissioner also asked the Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department to make a strategy to ensure none of the farmers indulge in the stubble burning in the upcoming wheat harvesting season.
He asked the officials to give ‘top priority’ to the environment so that we can give a safe future to the coming generations. He said that it was need of the hour for giving fillip to the overall development of the areas.
Prominent among present included SP Ravi Kumar, PPCB Executive Engineer Kuldeep Singh, Executive Engineer of Drainage department Davinder Singh, Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board Jatin Vasudeva and others.