4 villages get vacuum tankers from Seechewal
Earlier, dairy waste and cow dung from these villages would flow directly into the Buddha Dariya. With the vacuum tankers, the wastewater will now be collected and disposed of in open fields, thereby preventing the Buddha Dariya from getting polluted.
A grant of Rs 15 lakh was allocated for the tankers, which were formally handed over to the sarpanch of the villages in a ceremony attended by the MP, Buddhewal sugar mill chairman Zora Singh Mundian, and mayor Inderjit Kaur Gill.
Sarpanch Satpal Singh of Bhukhri Khurd village, Balwinder Singh Virk of Guru Ramdas Nagar Colony, Kulwant Singh of Bhamia Khurd, and Rajinder Singh Hundal of Amar Colony thanked Seechewal for the initiative.
Seechewal said, "The Buddha Dariya belongs to all Punjabis, and it is our collective duty to keep it clean. This river has been blessed by Guru Nanak, which makes it as sacred as the Holy Bein. That is why it is being cleaned with the same reverence and dedication."
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