JALANDHAR: For greater than four many years, sharing of river waters of Punjab has been a political issue. With the changing occasions, on the other hand, pollution of river waters is gaining political currency too.
Though industries and municipal bodies have been throwing the untreated effluents in the rivers for different years and high quality of Satluj used to be incessantly being reported to be ‘D’ and even ‘E’ elegance, it used to be after the discharge of molasses into Beas, resulting in killing of fish in giant numbers, all political parties made it a topic all the way through the Shahkot assembly byelection.
“Though we have now been elevating the issue of pollution in water channels and rivers and asking the political parties to incorporate it of their manifesto, they did not put into effect the time table of cleansing the rivers of Punjab. If something used to be achieved it used to be extra on papers and in spending cash but giant difference used to be not made in effects. The fish loss of life in giant numbers in Beas all the way through the run up the Shahkot bypoll propelled it into a political issue,” stated environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal.
“As all parties now appear to be at the same web page at the issue and opposition has already taken a stand towards pollution in state rivers, now the state govt can act tough towards the polluting business. Even opposition parties would not be capable of take a distinct stand at the issue now. All parties must make their stand transparent at the issue and there may also be no whataboutery on his issue any further,” he stated.
New MLA of Shahkot, Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia, on Sunday stated he would be elevating the issue of pollution in river water in any respect ranges as his constituency used to be badly affected with stretches of highly polluted Kala Sanghia drain, Chitti Bein and Satluj. It had an adversarial have an effect on at the high quality of groundwater, which individuals drink, taking sick, he added.
Though industries and municipal bodies have been throwing the untreated effluents in the rivers for different years and high quality of Satluj used to be incessantly being reported to be ‘D’ and even ‘E’ elegance, it used to be after the discharge of molasses into Beas, resulting in killing of fish in giant numbers, all political parties made it a topic all the way through the Shahkot assembly byelection.
“Though we have now been elevating the issue of pollution in water channels and rivers and asking the political parties to incorporate it of their manifesto, they did not put into effect the time table of cleansing the rivers of Punjab. If something used to be achieved it used to be extra on papers and in spending cash but giant difference used to be not made in effects. The fish loss of life in giant numbers in Beas all the way through the run up the Shahkot bypoll propelled it into a political issue,” stated environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal.
“As all parties now appear to be at the same web page at the issue and opposition has already taken a stand towards pollution in state rivers, now the state govt can act tough towards the polluting business. Even opposition parties would not be capable of take a distinct stand at the issue now. All parties must make their stand transparent at the issue and there may also be no whataboutery on his issue any further,” he stated.
New MLA of Shahkot, Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia, on Sunday stated he would be elevating the issue of pollution in river water in any respect ranges as his constituency used to be badly affected with stretches of highly polluted Kala Sanghia drain, Chitti Bein and Satluj. It had an adversarial have an effect on at the high quality of groundwater, which individuals drink, taking sick, he added.
For first time, river pollution joins politics in Punjab
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