Sukhbir Singh Badal : 2011 to be year of fructification

Chandigarh : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said 2011 would herald the fructification of the infrastructure projects as well as administrative reforms in the state. In a statement here, the Deputy Chief Minister said the coming year would showcase the development projects initiated by the government during the past four years so that people of the state could enjoy the fruits of development and governance reforms. Expressing personal satisfaction over achievement of milestone mission of initiating governance reforms in all departments, Sukhbir said he would be the happiest person over the completion of total computerisation of land records that could not be completed by any government during last 63 years. He said that till date 79 Fard Kenders had been fully computerised and by March 31 next year land records in all 154 Fard Kenders would be put on web. The Deputy Chief Minister said that establishment of Outreach Centres at each Police Station, Suwidha Centres in Urban Areas, 154 computerised Fard Kenders at the sub-tehsil level, 3116 E-Grams at village level, public friendly amendments in archaic Revenue Acts besides computerisation of DTO offices was set to change the perception of public regarding working of government offices. Sukhbir said that the year 2011 would witness the completion of the Rs 20,000 crore Bathinda Refinery besides dedication of five thermal plants with a combined cost of Rs 62,000 crore that would put Punjab on a higher pedestal of growth besides opening new vistas of employment for the Punjabi youth. He said this year would also witness linking of every important city with 4/6 lane roads besides completion of 33 ROBs / RUBs initiated at the cost of Rs. 7073 crore. Promising to continue the development agenda for the state of Punjab, the Deputy Chief Minister said that he believed in focusing on development rather than on petty politics of destructive thinking, regressive opposition to every development project and hoped that the SAD BJP government would be successful in making every Punjabi living in Punjab or abroad as a equal partner in over all development of the State.