Treat welfare projects on priority, insists Khattar
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 3
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday directed various departments to complete ongoing development works concerning the Chief Minister’s announcements on priority.
He sought a list of those development works and projects which were getting delayed due to land-related issues so that these could be resolved at the earliest.
Khattar was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of Chief Minister’s announcements of various departments, including Revenue, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Home, Administration of Justice, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Transport and Tourism.
The Chief Minister said he had made 7,965 announcements so far pertaining to various development works, of which 5,159 had been completed or were in progress while 2,571 were pending.
He directed officers to work on mission mode to complete the announcements and bring pendency to zero. He said with the period of tendering should be reduced to put work on the fast track.
He said pre-bidding should be conducted in three days. He said in case of shortage of manpower, the department concerned could either meet the demand on its own or through deputation.
He asked various departments to furnish him a list of those development works and projects which were pending due to land-related issues. He said he would soon convene a meeting of such development works so that these could be resolved and works completed in a time-bound manner.
He said in case government or panchayat land was not available, the department could upload the demand on the e-bhoomi portal so that the land required could be purchased through farmers.
Khattar sought details about those small retailers with turnover of up to Rs 5 lakh per annum who had been paying 1 per cent market fee. He ordered setting up of a committee comprising three Additional Chief Secretaries — Dhanpat Singh (Transport), PK Das (School Education) and Devender Singh (Skill Development and Industrial Training) — for implementation of announcement on renewal of heavy driving licence for Nuh within a month.
He added that besides Tata Motors and Maruti, Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University should be involved in running driving training centres for light and heavy motor vehicles. He said more driving training centres should be set up as these would help generate employment opportunities.
It was stated that an agricultural science centre would be set up in Nuh and a soil and water testing laboratory established at Badhra in Charkhi Dadri.
It was stated that six fast-track courts had started functioning in those districts where at least 50 cases of rape, molestation and mental harassment were pending.
It was stated that women police stations would come up at the NIT in Faridabad and in west Gurugram, for which land was being identified. It was stated that a police training centre would be opened in Hisar.
