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Ludhiana’s new CETP project inaugurated with eye on Punjab elections: SAD
SAD leader Maheshinder Singh Grewal said the Punjab government had only a marginal contribution in the new CETP project in Ludhiana
Taking a dig at the Congress government for inaugurating the Focal Point Common Effluent Treatment Plant just before the state is to go the polls, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Maheshinder Singh Grewal said the state had only a marginal contribution in the project.
“The Congress is just trying to take credit for the project to woo voters ahead of elections. The state government has contributed only marginally in this project. The industry is a major contributor, while both Union and state governments have given ₹15 crore and ₹7 crore grants respectively for the project,” Grewal said.
“A few days ago, cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu had inaugurated Pakhowal road rail under bridge, but it had to be closed by the municipal corporation later as it was incomplete,” said the SAD leader.
Industry bears ₹12 cr addl cost due to delay
As the project has been inaugurated seven years after the foundation stone was laid in 2014, industrialists rued that the government is also responsible for the delay, which led to industry bearing around ₹12 crore additional cost.
An industrialist, requesting anonymity, said the project commenced in 2014 but was put to halt in 2016 as the state government failed to release the subsidy. The project was then restarted in 2019 and the cost of the project increased by around ₹12 crore while it was completed.
