At the moment, Punjab has a storage capacity of about 165 lakh metric tonnes of warehouses, 7 lakh tonnes of silos, and 40 lakh tonnes of covered area sheds. The noise is starting again about where to store the new crop.
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In your opinion, is it necessary to immediately fix responsibility and take legal action or not?
Seechewal has taken the unusual step of mobilising villages against drugs and thefts while even asking for his own security personnel to be sent back to police stations facing shortages. He says his campaign is about saving Punjab’s youth, not attacking his own Government. But does the rise of such a parallel community effort suggest that the official machinery alone is still not enough ?
सीचेवाल ने नशे और चोरी के खिलाफ गांवों को लामबंद करने की अनोखी पहल की है। उन्होंने अपने सुरक्षा कर्मियों को भी उन पुलिस थानों में भेजने की मांग की, जहां स्टाफ की कमी है। उनका कहना है कि यह अभियान पंजाब के युवाओं को बचाने के लिए है, न कि अपनी ही सरकार के खिलाफ। लेकिन क्या इस तरह के समानांतर सामुदायिक प्रयास यह संकेत देते हैं कि सरकारी तंत्र अकेले अभी भी इस समस्या से निपटने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं है ?
In 2022, the AAP wave swept dozens of first-time candidates into the Assembly, many with little or no previous electoral experience. Four years later, they have the Government record to defend and voters who can now judge them on their actual performance. So, when the 2027 ticket bell rings, how many of these “one-time winners” can actually repeat the performance ?
