Lagatar24 Desk
Chandigarh, Oct 18: Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led government on Monday announced to fix the monthly water consumption fee to Rs 50 across rural and urban parts of the state.
“The government is committed to providing free water and sewerage facilities to the people of Punjab. Rs 50 fee has been fixed as per Centre’s directive to charge for these services,” said CM Channi.
“ The government will also waive the power bill arrears of tube wells meant for public water supply in urban and rural areas. In future, the power bills of such tube wells will be paid by the Punjab government,” he further added.
While addressing the media, the CM announced the previous outstanding water bills worth Rs 700 crores to be waived in the state.
The CM also announced that the government will do regular recruitment of class 4 employees instead of engaging them on a contractual basis. In addition to this, the government also announced that it will strongly oppose the Centre’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of Border Security Forces (BSF) in the state. The CM had also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in this regard.
