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Cabinet Minister Balkar Singh lays stone of new shed at Kohala grain market

Dilbag Singh 

Cabinet Minister Balkar Singh lays stone of new shed at Kohala grain market

JALANDHAR 2 SEPTEMBER 

 Local Bodies Minister S. Balkar Singh on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the new steel shed to be constructed at the cost of Rs 28 lakh in the Kohala grain market.

. Singh, while speaking about the project said that the farmers and commission agents were facing huge problems due to the unavailability of the shed during the procurement season of the crops.

He said that now the farmers would be able to save their produce from rain by keeping it under the shed. He said that the Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was making sincere efforts to facilitate the peasantry. He said that besides the new shed, roads in the grain market will also be specially repaired at the cost of Rs 13 lakh for smooth flow of transport.

The Minister also asked the officials to keep a vigil on the construction works to ensure quality material being used by the contractors.


He also listed the achievements of the AAP government in this 10-month regime including 600 free units of electricity, one MLA-one pension, 659 AAP clinics, more than 31000 government jobs given to the youths, a war against corruption, and several other pro-people decisions taken for the state.