Historic town of Baba Bakala to be developed:Badal

Baba Bakala, Amritsar, Aug 28 (UNI) A Master plan for the historic city of Baba Bakala would be prepared soon to turn it into a global destination for religious tourism, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced today.

Expressing his warm greetings to the people of Punjab on the the occasion of 'Rakhar Puniya', Mr badal reiterated his firm commitment to work with sincerity and missionary zeal to make Punjab the top state. He said that his government has started a comprehensive reconstruction of the states economy in a phased manner with the vision based approach for the welfare of people.

Mr Badal said that Kanak-Dal scheme for poor had already been launched successfully.

Regarding the innovative approach to tackle the problem of unemployment, Mr Badal said that state government was trying to evolve a multi pronged strategy in consultation with some expert agency to tackle the alarming situation of unemployment in the state.

Referring the setting up of skill development training centres in the state, Mr Badal said that these centres would impart vocational training to our unemployed youths and produce a trained work force in various discipline that could provide numerous employment opportunities for the youth on one hand and trained workers for industrial sector on the other.

The government was working to create 3.5 lakh jobs every year that would change the entire scene of the state, he claimed.

UNI