Activists offer Satluj water bottles to politicians at Shahkot
- | Friday | 25th May, 2018
SHAHKOT ( JALANDHAR ): Even as gangster-turned-activist Lakhbir Singh alias Lakha Sidhana was detained by police in Moga, some activists of ‘Paani Bachao Punjab Bachao’ on Thursday managed to reach byelection bound Shahkot with bottles of water from the Satluj and offer them to politicians. Only 10,000 kilolitre molasses created such a havoc because there was no water in the Beas, the activists claimed. British laid canal network but in the last 70 years water several canals have have either dried up or carry polluted water. It is being projected as if people of Punjab don’t need water from its rivers and agriculture is completely reliant on groundwater. Lakha had announced to reach Shahkot to offer water from Punjab’s rivers to the political leaders there.The activists had brought water from Satluj, Harike and a canal in Malwa region and intended to serve it offices of political parties but they did not find any senior leader there.“If people can drink this water then why can’t the rulers?
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