Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 25-
The Punjab Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, unanimously passed resolution to protect the declining water levels and environment of the state.
Punjab cabinet minister Brinder Kumar Goyal, while speaking on a resolution introduced by MLA Nabha Gurdev Singh Dev Maan, highlighted the initiative and efforts of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann led government to conserve groundwater and expressed disappointment over the union government's biased approach.
During his address in the assembly, Sh. Goyal said that during the previous Congress government's tenure from 2019 to 2022, around Rs.2046-CR were spent on canal infrastructure. In contrast, our government has invested over Rs.4557-CR from 2022 to 2025 on canal water conservation, infrastructure restoration and ensuring water reaches agricultural land, which is more than 2.25 times the previous expenditure.
He said that CM had decided immediately upon forming the government to ensure water reaches agricultural land, which we have successfully accomplished.