Ludhiana, March 30 -- Green activists in the city have accused Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal of fabricating claims about cleaning the Buddha Nullah near Bhukhari village. They say that he is misleading the public by showcasing selectively clean stretches while ignoring the drain's grim reality within city limits and downstream areas.

Seechewal and his team shared photos and videos on Thursday, claiming that dirty water has been prevented from entering the drain at multiple points up to Gurdwara Gaughat. He said the implementation of the Seechewal Model in five villages over the past two and a half months, where 72 dairy farms had previously discharged waste into the drain. According to him, the flow of fresh water into Buddha...