45,000 posts to be filled soon: Khattar

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, May 26

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the state government would soon start the recruitment process for filling 45,000 posts in the police and other government departments.

Addressing a public gathering at Chhatar village in Jind district, Khattar said the appointment process would begin in June.

He said 7,000 posts would be filled in the police department and about 38,000 grade-D appointments would be made in other departments.

He said transparency in the appointment was among the major achievements of the BJP government. A total of 24,000 persons have been appointed in universities, colleges, police and other departments on merit, the Chief Minister claimed.

Ahead of his roadshow in Jind, Khattar announced a grant of Rs 10 crore for the development of Chhatar village under the Mahagram Vikas Yojana.

He appealed to farmers to adopt water conservation tools, adding the state government was offering heavy subsidies on drip irrigation and water sprinklers.