It is the need of the hour to inculcate the habit in youngsters of treating government property as property of one's own and that as a community asset. Rather than vandalizing every now and then, it should be protected at all costs!
With ₹1,118.47 Crores rail project pushed as development and connectivity, the narrative sounds ambitious on paper. Yet on the ground, around 400 farmers are protesting, over 192 hectares of land is set to be acquired, and even questions about the project’s viability have been raised during its own presentation. As leaders like Ravneet Singh Bittu back the move, the gap between announcement and acceptance is becoming hard to ignore. When a government pushes a project despite visible resistance and viability concerns, is this development driven by planning or by political optics that overlook ground realities ?
₹1,118.47 करोड़ की रेल परियोजना को विकास और कनेक्टिविटी के रूप में पेश किया जा रहा है, जिससे कागज़ पर यह काफी महत्वाकांक्षी लगती है। लेकिन ज़मीन पर लगभग 400 किसान विरोध कर रहे हैं, 192 हेक्टेयर से अधिक भूमि अधिग्रहण की बात है, और खुद प्रस्तुति के दौरान इसकी आर्थिक व्यवहार्यता पर भी सवाल उठे हैं। जब रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू जैसे नेता इस परियोजना का समर्थन करते हैं, तो घोषणा और स्वीकार्यता के बीच का अंतर साफ दिखने लगता है। जब सरकार स्पष्ट विरोध और व्यवहार्यता के सवालों के बावजूद किसी परियोजना को आगे बढ़ाती है, तो क्या यह योजना आधारित विकास है या राजनीतिक दिखावे का मामला, जो ज़मीनी हकीकत को नज़रअंदाज़ करता है ?
BJP leader Sunil Kumar Jakhar claims that the Centre had to step in and restore ₹814 Crores grant for Punjab’s border areas after it lapsed due to non-utilisation, while also accusing the state government of taking credit for centrally funded projects. At the same time, the Bhagwant Mann Government has often highlighted its own development work and accused the Centre of bias. If funds meant for critical infrastructure like roads and bridges were not utilised on time and had to be restored later, does this point to administrative inefficiency at the state level, or is this becoming another political blame game between Centre and state over credit and accountability ?
