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Punjab Poll: `Bijli, Sarak and Pani' are still the prime issues in election campaign
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 13:00
AMRITSAR: Political leaders across Punjab, going to assembly polls on January 30, may be skirting these basic issues and resorting to their much-loved-subject; mud-slinging, but `Bijli, Sarak, Pani' are still main issues cropping up during electioneering. The common on people's agenda are the still the age-old common demands of a pucca road or street, potable supply of water, an uninterrupted power, sanitary conditions, good hospitals and schools. The politicians are promising the virtual moon to the voter, who is silent and seems not amused by the promises once again.
Elections after elections, the basic issues remain the same. The urban infrastructure, in whole of Punjab, is collapsing and the villages are sans good schools, hospitals and sanitary conditions. The education sector is still neglected the while private are flourishing commercial activity, the government owned schools are still vying for proper classrooms, teachers and infrastructure. The primary health centres all over are fighting the losing battle to stay healthy and alive.
CM Parkash Singh Badal himself admitted recently that these were the issues coming forth during the election campaign. The political leaders from ruling SAD-BJP and opposition Congress too agree that during the electioneering the basic issues they are confronted with are relating these basic demands. It is unfortunate that even after having the tag of a prosperous state, the state is fighting these basic amenities as one after the other area is devoid of even the basic development.
We have to confront the basic problems of development. The people say that there is development but all is still not well. We are writing down the problems in the diary and the areas would be the main focus after the polls'', said top political leaders from both the parties. The paucity of funds with the civic bodies are cited as the main reason for lack of proper facilities as with lesser revenue sources, these bodies have just enough to pay the salaries of the staff and much is not left for the development to take place.
In Amritsar itself, having five assembly seats, most of the area are the pictures of utter neglect. The walled city areas have not proper sewerage systems or water supply. The dirty roads, rain water entering the homes of the residents, harrowing traffic, encroachments, give the holy city a `dirty look', all around. If water supply is the problem for Harjot Kaur, a house wife at Chatiwind, Sarmukh Singh, a small level businessman at east Mohan Nagar says the lack of proper supply of electricity is ruining the business and trade.
They say that dirt keeps piling for days and when its rains it leave entire area clogged with water. So pathetic is the situation that even the Municipal Corporation office itself is drowned in water during the Monsoon. Same are the issues in other cities in the state. The ruling party claims that the government had released grants worth crores but the opposition talks of corruption and mismanagement all around in the distribution of funds in the city and rural areas.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 13:00
AMRITSAR: Political leaders across Punjab, going to assembly polls on January 30, may be skirting these basic issues and resorting to their much-loved-subject; mud-slinging, but `Bijli, Sarak, Pani' are still main issues cropping up during electioneering. The common on people's agenda are the still the age-old common demands of a pucca road or street, potable supply of water, an uninterrupted power, sanitary conditions, good hospitals and schools. The politicians are promising the virtual moon to the voter, who is silent and seems not amused by the promises once again.
Elections after elections, the basic issues remain the same. The urban infrastructure, in whole of Punjab, is collapsing and the villages are sans good schools, hospitals and sanitary conditions. The education sector is still neglected the while private are flourishing commercial activity, the government owned schools are still vying for proper classrooms, teachers and infrastructure. The primary health centres all over are fighting the losing battle to stay healthy and alive.
CM Parkash Singh Badal himself admitted recently that these were the issues coming forth during the election campaign. The political leaders from ruling SAD-BJP and opposition Congress too agree that during the electioneering the basic issues they are confronted with are relating these basic demands. It is unfortunate that even after having the tag of a prosperous state, the state is fighting these basic amenities as one after the other area is devoid of even the basic development.
We have to confront the basic problems of development. The people say that there is development but all is still not well. We are writing down the problems in the diary and the areas would be the main focus after the polls'', said top political leaders from both the parties. The paucity of funds with the civic bodies are cited as the main reason for lack of proper facilities as with lesser revenue sources, these bodies have just enough to pay the salaries of the staff and much is not left for the development to take place.
In Amritsar itself, having five assembly seats, most of the area are the pictures of utter neglect. The walled city areas have not proper sewerage systems or water supply. The dirty roads, rain water entering the homes of the residents, harrowing traffic, encroachments, give the holy city a `dirty look', all around. If water supply is the problem for Harjot Kaur, a house wife at Chatiwind, Sarmukh Singh, a small level businessman at east Mohan Nagar says the lack of proper supply of electricity is ruining the business and trade.
They say that dirt keeps piling for days and when its rains it leave entire area clogged with water. So pathetic is the situation that even the Municipal Corporation office itself is drowned in water during the Monsoon. Same are the issues in other cities in the state. The ruling party claims that the government had released grants worth crores but the opposition talks of corruption and mismanagement all around in the distribution of funds in the city and rural areas.
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Punjab Newsline
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