New Delhi, May 12, 2012: Sh Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation today announced that the Rural Development Ministry would be providing separate funds under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for enhancing road connectivity in the six border districts of Punjab i.e Amristsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Taran Taran and Pathankot.

Chandigarh, May 12, 2012: The Union Rural Development, Sanitation and Drinking Water Minister Jairam Ramesh today announced that Punjab deserves liberal allocation of funds in the centrally sponsored schemes and programs not as a special category state but due to its unique status for having rendered significant contribution in making India self-reliant in food production.

Bathinda, April 17, 2012: With an aim to promote menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls, supply of sanitary napkins (pads) to the adolescent girls at a nominal price has begun in Bathinda district under the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

Bathinda has become one of the five districts of the state (Moga, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Muktsar and Faridkot) that have been selected for implementing the scheme in the first phase.

Ludhiana, March 13, 2012: More funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are not likely to come in the development projects of the city till the Municipal Corporation (MC) completes the reforms suggested by the Mission. At the moment, Rs 241 crore projects of sewerage laying are pending in various parts of the city because 25 per cent of the funds had last come in early 2010 with a condition to follow the norms for getting the next installment.

Patiala, Feb 8, 2012: Despite spending crores of rupees to contain water pollution, water samples are continuously failing mandatory quality test, hinting that growing pollution of underground water may create serious problems in the district in the near future.