CM’s Consultative Group on Mission Tandrust held meeting on july 23,2019 at Punjab Bhawan. The Meeting was chaired by Sh. Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health & Family Welfare Minister.
Apart from various Principal Secretaries, S. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Housing & Urban Development & Water Resources Minister; S. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Forest Minister; S. Tarsem Singh DC, MLA, Attari also attended the meeting.
Sh. R.K Verma, Principal Secretary, Science, Technology & Environment (PSSTE), Govt. of Punjab presented the status of actions taken since the launching of Mission Tandrust Punjab 2.0 on June 05, 2019.
He informed that the Department of Environment, the Nodal department for Mission Tandrust Punjab, in coordination with other departments has prepared Action Plans for sub-missions Air, Water and Waste Management.
PSSTE briefed that apart from meetings of Chief Minister’s Consultative Group, separate consultations with academic & research institutions, non-government organizations and nodal officers of various concerned departments have also been held to prepare Tandrust Mission 2.0. The concerned lead departments for different sub-missions are formulating their Action Plans involving other line departments.
During the meeting, following lead departments made their presentations on respective submissions: Green Punjab by Forest Department; Nutrition by Department of Women & Child Development; Road Safety by Department of Transport; and Kedo Punjab by Department of Sports. Subsequent to deliberations, various issues were highlighted by the members for consideration.
The chairman requested all the departments to contribute in making mission a success and make the Punjab a healthy State.