Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday handed over appointment letters to 57 appointees on compassionate ground in the Local Government and Police department.

Handing over the appointment letters on compassionate ground to the appointees here at Punjab Bhawan, the Chief Minister wished them success in their career and a bright future. He said that out of these 57 appointees, 50 are from the Local Government department whereas seven are from the Police department. Bhagwant Mann said that the appointees have passed through several hardships after passing away of their breadwinners.

The Chief Minister said that the loss of their beloved ones was irreparable and could never be compensated by anyone. However, Bhagwant Mann said that these appointments will help in mitigating the woes of these aggrieved families and help them to lead their lives with dignity. The Chief Minister said that he had already asked all the departments to expedite the process of filling the posts meant for compassionate appointments.

The Chief Minister said that the state government has launched a massive recruitment drive to fill 26,754 posts. Bhagwant Mann said that he had already asked the various departments to speed up the process of filling these posts. He further said that the state government is committed to complete the process of filling these posts in a transparent and fair manner.

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Chandigarh: In a bid to streamline the functioning of Water Supply and Sanitation department and provide better rural water supply to people across the state, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to fill up 145 posts of various categories (25 Sub Divisional Engineer, 70 Junior Engineer, 30 Junior Draftsman & 20 Steno Typist) by direct recruitment through PPSC and SSS Board within a year.

According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office, the Council of Ministers had given approval to fill up 88 posts of aforementioned categories in Water Supply & Sanitation department in the year 2021. Apart from these, the Cabinet today also gave approval to fill 57 more posts of these categories falling vacant in the year 2022 due to retirement/promotion of officers/employees.

Meanwhile, in pursuance of the earlier Memorandum of Understanding between Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and the State Government signed in April 2013, the Cabinet approved an addendum to help upgrade existing BharatNet infrastructure to connect all Gram Panchayats with national broadband network under Bhartnet scheme of GoI.

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