Bittu, Ashu meet Union min over Buddah Nallah

Ludhiana: Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, along with Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, on Thursday held a meeting with Union minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in his office in Delhi. Both leaders sought the cooperation of the government of India for this project.
After the meeting, Bittu said that the cleaning of Budha Nullah was one of his dream projects and he had also made this promise with the people of Ludhiana. Ashu stated that the Budha Nullah problem had become a complex issue and further effecting Rajasthan. People of Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Barmer districts have been affected as the water of this nullah falls into the Satluj and later the same water is supplied to residents of above mentioned areas through canals.
Both requested Shekhawat to ensure that this project was handled on priority basis as a proper plan was required to for implementation.
Bittu said that Shekhawat had assured full cooperation and offered maximum funds for this project. He added that the minister assured that a team of senior officials from the ministry of Jal Shakti would visit the area shortly while he would himself visit the city once the current parliament session was over. He further said that the Union minister had fixed a meeting in this regard in the first week of July in Delhi, where all stakeholders would hold discussions over this matter.