JALANDHAR
Rajya Sabha Member and environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has gifted stainless steel water tanks to 25 villages in the Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts as a Diwali gift. These tanks were dispatched from Nirmal Kutia Sultanpur Lodhi and Seechewal. MP Sant Seechewal shared that a year-long series of events will be held to mark the completion of 25 years of service dedicated to cleaning the sacred Kali Bein. As part of these celebrations, the water tanks are being distributed to villages. So far, using ₹7.5 crore from his MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund, he has distributed 215 water tanks across rural Punjab. Village sarpanches stated that these stainless-steel tanks are a permanent gift for their communities. They will help resolve water shortage issues and be useful for watering plants and firefighting. One of the major issues during religious gatherings used to be water scarcity, which has now been resolved. Sant Seechewal also extended greetings to villagers on the occasion of Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, urging everyone to celebrate a “Green Diwali.” He announced that another 50 water tanks would soon be distributed, with preference given to Dalit communities and flood-affected villages. Ahli Kalan, Bahibal Bahadur, Sidhwa Dona, Sukhani, Kaul Talwandi, Khaira Dona, Jhall Bibri, Mustafabad, Tibba, Isharwal, Meva Singh Wala, Mahbalipur, Dabulian (Kapurthala), and Kasupur, Umarwala Billa, Manakpur, Bajwa Khurd, Mulewal Khahira, Mulewal Araiyan, Khanpur Rajputana, Talwandi Salem Samaipur, Pandori Khas, Bara Jodh Singh, and Isewal (Jalandhar) villages that received tanks.