Ludhiana, March 8 -- A Vidhan Sabha committee on Friday issued strict directions to departments concerned to enhance efforts for preventing the discharge of cow dung and untreated industrial waste into Buddha Nullah, officials said. The assembly committee on Buddha Nullah and Ghaggar River held a review meeting at the Jamalpur sewer treatment plant (STP) with Ludhiana East MLA Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal as the chairperson.

Prominent attendees included Rajya Sabha members Balbir Singh Seechewal, Atam Nagar MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu and mayor Inderjit Kaur.

The officials were instructed to intensify monitoring and enforcement measures to curb pollution of Buddha Nullah. Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) officials were directed to speed...