The leader of the Punjab Legislative Assembly and Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa on Friday called the floods in Punjab a man -made disaster. Speaking about the special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, he accused the state government of poor management of releasing water from the dams and said that the central government’s flood relief fund was insufficient. Talking to reporters, Pratap Singh Bajwa said that I want to remind the people of Punjab that the assembly, the House of democracy, is to find a solution to the problems of the people. Today every section of society in Punjab is completely unhappy.
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Pratap Singh Bajwa said that the people of Punjab, my party and I believe that the flood of Punjab was mainly man -made disaster. The Meteorological Department warned of heavy rains in Punjab during the May-June months. The Central Water Commission controls dams. Punjab continued to get money from the Center for natural disasters, but why did Punjab not give its share in this amount? Bajwa also criticized a special session for lack of discussions like Question Hour and Zero Hour.
Bajwa said that the Prime Minister also gave only Rs 1600 crore to the state, ie 8%. I believe that Irrigation Minister Mana Saheb and Irrigation Secretary are personally responsible. If they had slowly released the water, we would not have been so harmful… Honor should tell Saheb that all the special sessions he has called till now, what was the result of them … There is no Question Hour and Zero Hour in this special session of the assembly.
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The Punjab government has decided to convene a special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 26 to 29 September, focusing on providing relief to the people affected by the recent floods in the state. According to the flood report till September 15, a total of 1,98,525 hectares of crop area has been affected in Punjab, of which Gurdaspur (40,169 hectares), Patiala (17,690 hectares), Tarn Taran (12,828 hectares), Fazilka (25,182 hectares), Firozepur (17,257 hectares) and Kapurrathala (17,57 hectares), Firozepur (17,257 hectares), Firozepur (17,257 hectares), Fazilka (25,182 hectares) Hectares) etc. have suffered the most. According to Punjab’s Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh, a total of 56 people have died so far due to floods across the state.