Fatehabad jail to come up at a cost of Rs 100 cr

Tribune News Service

Hisar, March 7

Chief Minister Manohar Lal khattar today laid the foundation stone of a jail which will be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore in Fatehabad district. While the CM participated in the function via video conferencing, Energy and Jails Minister Ranjit Singh was the chief guest at the function in Fatehabad.

Other such plans

The government has started the construction of new jails in some towns. There is a proposal to shift the jails in Hisar and Ambala from the interior of the towns to their outskirts. The government is looking for land for these — Ranjit Singh, Jails Minister

While addressing a press conference in Hisar later, he said the government had started the construction of new jails in some towns and there was a proposal to shift the jail in Hisar and Ambala from the interior of the towns to the outskirts. The government is looking for appropriate land for these, he said.

BJP MLAs Dura Ram, Lakshman Napa and the DGP (Jails) Mohammad Akil were among those who attended the stone-laying ceremony at Fatehabad.

In Tohana, Development and Panchayat Minister Devender Singh Babli was the chief guest at the programme organised at the BDPO block premises in Tohana, Fatehabad district.

Babli said projects worth Rs 170 crore in Fatehabad district and about Rs 45 crore in Tohana had been inaugurated or initiated. The minister inaugurated a 33-KV substation at Damkora and Ratta Khera worth Rs 11 crore and around 16 ponds under the Amrit Sarovar scheme. He laid the foundation stone for a three-storeyed Panchayat Bhawan at a cost of Rs 27 crore.

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