PUNJAB TO RELEASE RS 337 CR FOR WATER SUPPLY,SEWERAGE

alandhar November 29:             Punjab Local Bodies, Industry and Commerce Minister Manoranjan Kalia today said a sum of Rs 337 crore would be released soon to complete the ambitious 100 per cent drinking water supply and sewerage works taken up by the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation. Inaugurating Sangat Darshan programme here, Mr Kalia said the programme was aimed at bringing the administration to the doorsteps of the people to get their official works done on the spot. The officers and the people came face to face in such programmes in which the official works of the people were done under the supervision of the senior officers, he said. The Minister also handed over a cheque of Rs 25 crore to Mayor Rakesh Rathore for expediting the ongoing water supply and sewerage works in the city.