Chandigarh, Jul 26 : The Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh nurtures a vision to put the state firmly on track in terms of holistic development across all sectors thus converting the disasters left behind by the previous regime into grand triumphs, said Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu here today. After flagging off 11 fire vehicles for as many constituencies, Mr Sidhu told reporters that as per his promise made to Sunam MLA Aman Arora in the Assembly, he is flagging off the first vehicle to Sunam-the land of Shaheed Udham Singh. The state government is committed to fullfiling scale progress of Punjab on all parameters without any bias towards any section. Putting the 'Fire Services and Ambulances' in the category of essential services, the Minister said it is the serious endeavour of the state government to provide all amenities of basic nature to the people and ensure to mitigate their lot. Mr Sidhu said out of 11 fire vehicles flagged off today, each would cater to the needs of Jalandhar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Dinanagar, Dhuri, Sunam, Faridkot, Nabha, Dera Baba Nanak, Raikot and Nakodar cities. Coming to the futuristic vision, he elaborated that apart from the fire vehicles flagged off, eight more would be flagged off next week with one vehicle each for Jalandhar and Patiala, and two each for Ludhiana, Bathinda and Amritsar. He also disclosed that a Fire Services Directorate would come up and a Fire Prevention Act would also be put into place regarding which deliberations would be held during the course of next cabinet meeting. He also said that the Punjab Government would observe 'Fire Extinguishing Service Week' on annual basis from April 17-21. Lashing out at the previous regime, the minister said that out of the grant of Rs 90 crore given by the Union Government, only Rs 17 crore was spent and the rest was resumed. Due to this non-utilization and haphazard use of funds, Punjab has been placed in 'Red Zone' by the Union Government. He also brought out that Punjab has 195 fire vehicles for 54 fire stations out of which 114 are outdated. UNI
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