Jalandhar, Sept. 12 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Saturday said a Kandi development ministry will be established to develop the state's sub-mountainous region on holistic lines if his party comes to power in the 2027 Punjab assembly polls.

He was addressing a rally at Balachaur as part of the party's 'Punjab Bachao' campaign.

The SAD president said they would lay a four-lane expressway from Pathankot to Ropar to boost development in the region.

Asserting that all issues of the people of the Kandi belt would be taken up for resolution, he said the SAD will provide deep tubewells to fulfil irrigation needs, while the irrigation facilities available through the Kandi canal will be further augmented and drip irrig...