Punjab plans bio-ethanol plants in all districts.

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal recently said that bio-ethanol plants would come up in every district of Punjab to tackle the problem of pollution from biomass burning.

Badal was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of the first bio-ethanol plant of Punjab at Tarkhanwala village in the presence of Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal. He said that this would also augment the income of farmers in the state.

MLA from Talwandi Sabo Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu and Executive Director of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd Anil Pande were present on the occasion.

Badal said the establishment of the bio-ethanol plant would benefit both Punjab and the rest of the country, apart from the farming community. He also said Punjab would become pollution-free with this plant coming to fruition and Malwa region would be more prosperous.

The Deputy Chief Minister said the state has been witness to unprecedented development during the past 10 years and during the next 5 years, the SAD-BJP government has set a target to make all the streets and drains of all the villages of the state concretised, besides providing solar lights and sewerage along with clean drinking water.

He said that in addition to the existing 200 skill centers, during the course of next five years, one skill centre would be constructed for every five villages.

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