Hoshiarpur tops state with Rs 103 91 crore loan waiver

Our CorrespondentHoshiarpur August 20Under the Punjab Governments debt waiver scheme for landless farmers and labourers Hoshiarpur district topped the state with loan waiver worth Rs 10391 crore to 46468 beneficiariesIndustries Minister Sunder Sham Arora MLAs Sangat Singh Gilzian and Indu Bala personally handed over debt relief cheques to 15 beneficiaries in a district level function held at the District Administrative ComplexThe minister said the scheme would ensure debt relief for 46468 beneficiaries in the district worth Rs 10391 crore while the 285 lakh beneficiaries across the state are being covered with amount to the tune of Rs 520 crore He said Capt Amarinder Singh was first to execute the welfare step which benefited nearly three lakh families He said the step was yet another promise which had been fulfilled by the State GovernmentAAP burns aroras effigy stages protest Demanding removal of Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora from Cabinet workers of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Friday burnt his effigy and staged a protest before of his houseBrahm Shankar Jimpa alleged that Cabinet Minister Sunder Sham Arora has sold the government property of Mohali-based JCT Company to his accomplices at throwaway prices during the lockdown due to which there was a loss of Rs 125 crore to the exchequerThe loss has also been confirmed by the Advocate General of Punjab he added He alleged that the minister has also committed a scam in the allocation of industrial plots which should be investigatedMLA Sangat Singh Gilzian said the state had waived off loans worth Rs 271 crore of farmers in the district including todays 104 crore of landless farmers and farm labourers He said in Tanda Urmur constituency a total of 9720 beneficiaries had got relief of 2237 crore and they would be covered in days to come Mukerian MLA Indu Bala described the initiative of the state government a landmark step to bail out poverty-stricken families from outstanding debtsThe minister both MLAs Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait and Deputy Registrar Cooperative Societies Umesh Kumar personally handed over cheques of debt relief to 15 beneficiaries from different areas of the districtProminent amongst those present on the occasion included Mayor Surinder Kumar Senior Deputy Mayor Praveen Saini Deputy Mayor Ranjeet Chaudhary and senior officersofficials of cooperative societies and banks in the districtBoxAAP protests against Industries Minister AroraHoshiarpur August 20Demanding removal of Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora from Cabinet workers of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Friday burnt his effigy and staged a protest before of his houseAddressing the protesters Brahm Shankar Jimpa alleged that Cabinet Minister Sunder Sham Arora has sold the government property of Mohali-based JCT Company to his accomplices at throwaway prices during the lockdown due to which there was a loss of Rs 125 crore to the exchequer The loss has also been confirmed by the Advocate General of Punjab he added He alleged that the minister has also committed a scam in the allocation of industrial plots which should be investigated But instead of protecting the interests of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh was defending him TNS