Punjab yet again faces problem over proposed textile park! The villagers have threatened stir against having any textile park in Fatehgarh Sahib.
Just two months back, following public protests against the proposed textile park near the Mattewara forest and Sutlej river in Ludhiana, the Punjab Government had scrapped the project of textile park under Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM-MITRA) scheme.
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Now the state has announced to offer 1,000 acres to the Centre for setting up a textile park in Fatehgarh Sahib, following which controversy has already erupted in the area with farmers of a few villages opposing the move.
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The Tribune, a leading English daily, has quoted villagers that the textile park is going to be set up at Reona Ucha, Reona Bhola Reona Neewan and other surrounding villages, located along the national highway, where panchayat land of more than 1,000 acres is available.
Villagers have claimed that industrialists and property dealers had been making rounds of the area.
Local administration has said that the directions from the Government regarding the site for the textile park were awaited.
No official intimation has been received by the district administration to suggest a suitable site for the park.
