Chandigarh Apr 26 PTI Five people including an NRI were killed after their vehicle fell into a canal in Punjabs Ludhiana district police said on Tuesday The incident took place when Jatinder Singh who recently returned from Canada along with his five friends was returning after meeting his relative at Lehal village in the Khanna area on Monday night they said The vehicle lost control and fell into the Sirhind canal near Jagera village they said Station House Officer Maloud Gurdeep Singh said Jatinder Singh and four others were killed and one person survived the incident PTI CHS VSD NB NB AQS AQS

Chandigarh Mar 31 PTI Punjab Water Resources Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Thursday asked officials to ensure quality and timely completion of ongoing projects in the state Chairing a meeting of department officials here the minister asked them to maintain transparency while telling them that the AAP government has promised to give clean honest and transparent government to people of the state Keeping in view the onset of monsoon Jimpa instructed the officials to complete flood protection works well before the rainy season for which he would keep a review meeting soon According to an official statement he asked the department to brief the progress of works executed in any area to local MLAs Additional Chief Secretary Water Resources Sarvjit Singh apprised him of key activities initiatives and statistics of the department He briefed him about the construction of the Shahpur Kandi Barrage relining of the Rajasthan feeder and Sirhind feeder Sarvjit Singh told the minister that the state government has formed the Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority PWRDA for the judicious use of available water Lauding efforts being put up by engineers of the department in achieving various targets and completion of ongoing projects Jimpa said all projects will be completed in a stipulated time frame so that benefits of these pass on to the public and quality must not be compromised at any cost during the execution of the works PTI SUN RDK

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana August 21As work to release 200 cusecs of fresh water into the Buddha Nullah through the Neelon drain of the Sirhind canal is to be started tomorrow a member of the Buddha Nullah Task Force has written to the Chief MinisterSharing his concern Col retd Jasjit Singh Gill suggested that the Rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah Project must be completed before releasing the fresh waterTomorrow 200 cusecs of water will be released into the Buddha Nullah for achieving one-time dilution of polluted water and flushing out majority of itSewage from 14 MC sewer outlets dairy waste and above all tonnes of floating solid waste still remain in the Buddha Nullah he statedNo dairy or sewage waste should flow into the Sutlej

Ludhiana August 20The work of releasing 200 cusecs fresh water will be started in the Buddha Nullah through the Neelon drain of the Sirhind canal on SundayMinisters Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Sukhbinder Sarkaria would kick-start the workAshu said the work was part of the state governments ambitious Rs 650-crore Budha Dariya rejuvenation project