GURDASPUR : While issuing an emotional appeal to the debt ridden farmers of state not to commit suicides, chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday detailed several measures taken by his government for farmer's welfare and also reiterated to fulfill his pre poll promise of providing job in every home .Addressing a gathering on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations after unfurling the national flag he said his government had already waived off crop loans up to Rs. 2 lakh for all small and marginal farmers, besides extending debt relief up to Rs.2 lakh provided to marginal farmers having total debt of over Rs.2 lakh each.He also appealed to farmers not to commit suicide or take any other extreme step to escape their debt burdens "The loan waiver scheme will be implemented in about a month's time and the government will ensure that the loans of the farmers are paid, without necessitating any payment from them" he said.Amarinder also announced the launch of a recruitment campaign 'Ghar Ghar Mein Naukri' for the government sector to fill all critical vacant posts soon to provide employment to the jobless in the state."Rozgar Melas will be held across the state to implement the election promise to provide employment to the unemployed youth" he said adding that his government has decided to provide jobs to 50000 youth in the first phase of the 'Ghar Ghar Mein Naukri' scheme.He also announced a Rs 2500 crore Annual Repair Programme for all link roads. The programme will be launched shortly with the laying and repair of 22870 kilometers of such roads in the state, he said.'Each and every household in the state will have a toilet before December 31, 2017" he said adding that Rs 2100 crore had been set aside to ensure complete face lift of schools besides providing requisite infrastructure, while another Rs 806 had been allocated for up gradation of health infrastructure.He said his government was committed to provide justice to the innocent people booked allegedly in false cases under the previous regime and the judicial commission set up to probe all such cases would soon submit its report."A similar commission is set up to investigate cases of sacrilege was also working to identify the culprits, whom his government would soon bring to book" he added.Referring to the war on drugs by the Special Task Force (STF), chief minister claimed that the force had been given a free hand which had resulted in the registration of as many as 6018 cases under the NDPS Act so far."A total of 6933 people, including some police officials who were abetting such activities, had been arrested, and more than 97 kilogram heroin had been recovered besides other banned substances" he said.Prominently among others who were present on the occasion included Amarinder's media advisor Raveen Thukral, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Barindermeet Singh Pahra, Fatehjung Singh Bajwa, Balwinder Singh Laadi, ,MLA's Chief Secretary Karn Avtar Singh, DGP Suresh Arora, ADGP Border-cum-STF Chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar and SSP Bhupinderjit Singh Virk etc.

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