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Punjab Chief Minister Mann Sits With Farmers to Showcase Rural Reforms

His outreach in Ludhiana aims to build consensus on land pooling by highlighting irrigation upgrades, welfare schemes alongside an intensified anti-narcotics drive.

Overview

  • He held unscripted field meetings under a tree in Samrala and Libra villages, inviting open feedback from farmers on the Rangla Punjab agenda.
  • Canal irrigation use has jumped from 21% to 63% while the government has revived 15,947 watercourses to deliver water to remote tail-end villages.
  • The state advanced paddy transplantation to June 1 and Mann urged the Union Food Minister to begin procurement on September 15 to ensure moisture-free grains.
  • The Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna now offers cashless medical treatment up to ₹10 lakh per family and free household power began rolling out in July.
  • A full-scale narcotics crusade has led to the arrest of major drug peddlers and the seizure and destruction of their assets.