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Question hour: ₹71,551 crore investment received in four years: Arora
The Punjab government has received 1,779 investment proposals worth ₹71,551 crore in the last four years, said industries and commerce minister Sunder Sham Arora during question hour on Wednesday
The Punjab government has received 1,779 investment proposals worth ₹71,551 crore in the last four years, said industries and commerce minister Sunder Sham Arora during question hour on Wednesday.
Replying to a question, the minister said the proposals envisaged employment of 2.8 lakh. Akali MLA NK Sharma had asked the minister about MoUs signed by the state government, investment proposed and employment generated. “After March 2017, state has signed about 300 MoUs worth ₹52,289 crore approximately. Out of this, projects wroth around ₹25,000 crore are under production or construction. The state stopped entering into MoUs since around last two years,” the minister said in his written reply.
Dept to send team to check sewerage system
Local government minister Brahm Mohindra said he will send an independent team to Begowal to check the state of the sewarage system in the nagar panchayat. The minister gave the assurance in response to Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s question regarding repair of non-functional sewage system in the area.
Mohindra informed the House that 100% work of sewerage system was completed in Begowal town in 2017. “It is being operated and maintained properly. As of now, there is no requirement or proposal to repair it,” he said. However, Khaira told the minister that the sewerage system was in a terrible condition and private contractors had sublet the work. “The situation was very different from the report given by officials to the minister and the available infrastructure is inadequate,” the MLA said, requesting him to get it verified independently. The minister responded by stating he will send a team to get the facts checked.
‘Varsity stone to be laid soon’
Higher education and languages minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said the foundation stone of Guru Tegh Bahadur State University of Law at Kairon village of Tarn Taran will be laid soon.
Responding to Congress MLA Harminder Singh Gill’s question, the minister said that classes would commence from academic session 2021-22. Gill said the foundation stone should be laid before the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Majithia also asked the minister to specify the date on which the foundation stone would be laid, terming the funds allocated for the project as inadequate. The minister said the government would allocate the required funds.
