twentieth assembly of Northern Zonal Council Standing Committee
SAS NAGAR:The twentieth assembly of the Northern Zonal Council Standing Committee of the Northern States coping with inter State points noticed the State of Punjab put ahead its case in an emphatic method pertaining to the State’s rights and inter State points. The assembly noticed officers from the Inter State Council Secretariat of the Union Ministry of House Affairs in attendance together with Chief Secretaries of the Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and Adviser to the UT Chandigarh apart from Secretaries of the completely different departments of UT Chandigarh.
The view level of the State on entire gamut of delicate points viz. River waters of Punjab, State’s proper on Chandigarh and Panjab College, Demand of tribunal to evaluate present scenario with regard to the river waters, rising worldwide flights from the Mohali airport, Beginning UDAN scheme from 4 airports within the State, Strengthening the worldwide borders, Uniform coverage for buying land, and stemming the loss to Punjab from Hansi – Butana canal and Ghaggar was introduced with details in a forthright manner.
In his inaugural speech, the Chief Secretary, Punjab, Mr. Vijay Kumar Janjua batted for the Cooperative Federalism and stated that such conferences are the appropriate platform for bringing to the fore, inter state issues and debate upon their options. The Chief Secretary made it completely clear that as per the present state of river waters, Punjab itself is dealing with scarcity of water therefore it would not has additional water to spare for the opposite States. “These are emotional points for Punjab and being the guardian state, it has full proper on its Capital however which has been denied to all of it alongside”, stated the Chief Secretary including that the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has additionally pressed State’s claims on these points. In step with the ideas of One Nation One Household there have to be a uniform coverage regarding shopping for and promoting of land in all of the States of the nation. It’s crucial for Punjab for these points to be sorted out, stated the Chief Secretary.
Through the agenda sensible discussions, the Principal Secretary Water Assets Mr. Krishan Kumar apprised that the extent of water which was out there with Punjab on the time of river waters agreements, has come down drastically and the State itself is nose to nose with the paucity of this treasured useful resource. He additional argued {that a} new tribunal concerning the evaluation of Ravi – Beas river waters is the necessity of the hour apart from urgent for water to Punjab from Yamuna. Likewise, the unnatural building of the Hansi – Butana canal causes 38 villages in Punjab to be flooded. Rooting for the decision of Lissara Nallah by Haryana, the Secretary Water Assets additionally highlighted the significance of Mini Hydel tasks on Bhakhra Important Line aside from making a powerful case for a everlasting member from Punjab within the Bhakhra Beas Administration Board (BBMB).
The Monetary Commissioner (Income) Mr. Okay.A.P. Sinha identified that Chandigarh should go to Punjab for the latter being the guardian State. He additional made out a sturdy and rationale case for the resident of any state with the ability to buy land in one other State.
Presenting the case of Punjab for rising the worldwide flights from the Mohali Worldwide Airport in a logical and crystal clear method, the Principal Secretary Civil Aviation Mr. Rahul Bhandari stated that Punjab has invested within the challenge and furthermore, it’s the demand of current situation contemplating an enormous variety of Punjabi diaspora in Canada and different nations to broaden the variety of worldwide flights. The Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann too has taken up this situation with the Authorities of India, stated the Principal Secretary including that it’s excessive time the home flights are commenced from the Ludhiana, Bathinda, Adampur and Pathankot airports.
The Further Chief Secretary House Mr. Anurag Verma pressed for anti drone expertise to be developed in view of the Punjab being a border State sharing 550 Km lengthy Worldwide border with Pakistan. The Secretary Setting Mr. Rahul Tiwari raised the difficulty of air pollution of the Ghaggar river.
Through the presentation on the very best practices of their respective States, the Principal Secretary Governance Reforms Tejveer Singh highlighted the paddy straw administration works aside from Sakhi software developed for stopping gender primarily based violence and Mini Jungles developed for rising the Forest cowl within the State of Punjab.