category Regional, dhuri, , tags Regional, dhuri, , DW BUREAU Dhuri Kicking off its major people friendly initiative called Sarkar Tuhade Dwar from Dhuri Legislative Constituency, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that this step will further revolutionize the entire governance system by ensuring delivery of citizen centric services at doorsteps of people. This is a path breaking initiative aimed at making the bureaucracy directly accountable to the people thereby empowering them said the Chief Minister while addressing the gathering during first of its kind initiative. The Chief Minister said that this program will bring the governance at the doorsteps of the people thereby empowering them in real sense. He said that this move will prove to be a game changer by ensuring optimal usage of Human Resources as well as the timely implementation of various welfare programs. Bhagwant Mann said that people will be immensely benefitted by this pro-people move as they will not have to run pillar to post for getting the services in government offices. The Chief Minister said that Dhuri will be developed as the model constituency across the state as a new era will be ushered from this land with the ultra modern health care and other basic facilities. Bhagwant Mann said that the issue of Dhuri Sugar Mill will be resolved soon and interests of farmers will be safeguarded by all means. He said that no stone will be left unturned for ensuring the well being of people and the state at all costs. He said that natural water resources like Ghaggar will be revived with strengthening of the embankments of these precious sources. Likewise he said that timely desilting and cleaning of these water resources will be ensured so that maximum utilization of canal and surface water is ensured. Bhagwant Mann said that it is the need of hour to ensure that the ground water table is checked from further depletion. The Chief Minister that the state government is taking massive steps for optimum utilisation of the canal water to save the groundwater. He said that at present Punjab is using only 33 -34 of its canal water adding that this will be enhanced in the coming days. Bhagwant Mann envisioned that if Punjab can enhance the canal water utilisation to 60 in first phase then nearly four lakh tubewells out of total 14 lakh can be stopped thereby helping in saving water. The Chief Minister also urged farmers to refrain from cultivating water guzzling varieties of paddy and asked to adopt PR-127 and 129 to save worthless ground water. He said that it is the need of the hour to save the precious water of state as state has already entered in dark zone as far water depletion is concerned. Bhagwant Mann reiterated the firm commitment of state government to save water for our coming generations. Expressing grave concern on farm fire incidents, the Chief Minister said that this is very unfortunate that some farmers do not hesitate to burn wheat crop residue just to show their adamant behaviour. He said that this inhuman practice poses grave threat not only to them but to their coming generations and the environment also. Bhagwant Mann also appealed the farmer s organizations not to follow the agitation path without any valid reason. The Chief Minister said that when the doors of government are always open for talk, then these protests are illogical and irrational. Citing an example, he said that the state government has already announced to reimburse the farmers against the value cut imposed by the Union Government. However, Bhagwant Mann bemoaned that even then some Farmer s Unions have blocked railway tracks on this demand which was already fulfilled by his government. The Chief Minister said that the state government has always listened every genuine demand of any citizen for the sake of Punjab and its people. He said that even today they are ready to listen all the genuine demands of every section of society. However, Bhagwant Mann said that unnecessary protests and agitations without any genuine reason are unwarranted and undesirable. (editor dailyworld.in)