Karnal MLAs highlight health, infra concerns in Assembly

MLAs of the ruling party of Karnal district raised a series of demands concerning health, infrastructure, urban development and others in the Haryana Assembly session.

Karnal MLA Jagmohan Anand pressed for urgent improvements at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC), highlighting the shortage of heart and neuro specialists and the absence of a pathology lab. He urged the government to increase the sanctioned posts at the college from 950 to match other medical institutions where the number stands at 1,527. Anand also demanded the transfer of land at Sector 32 for the proposed 200-bed district hospital building and called for the removal of high-voltage power lines from Sectors 32 and 33 to make the land usable.

“Our people should not be forced to travel outside Karnal for life-saving treatment. The government must strengthen our medical college with adequate staff and facilities,” said Anand.

Stressing the need for better urban planning, he sought immediate implementation of Karnal’s new master plan to curb unplanned colonies. He also batted for the beautification of Karna Lake to promote tourism, besides demanding the completion of the long-pending flyover at Sector 6 chowk on the Karnal-Meerut Road. Anand further called for a new flyover from Sector 12 Nirmal Kutia Chowk to Mahatma Gandhi Chowk to ease persistent traffic congestion near major hospitals.

Raising employment concerns, the MLA urged the government to extend service security benefits to those Skill Employment Corporation workers completing five years of service by August 15, 2025, as many youths were “looking at the government with hopeful eyes.”

Assandh MLA Yogendra Rana reiterated the long-standing demand for setting up an IIT at Munak village, and said 300 acres had already been proposed. He also pressed for granting district status to Assandh, establishing a trauma centre at the local hospital, setting up a mini-secretariat, reviving canal water supply schemes and creating industrial hubs near NH-152D. Rana said these steps would ensure “holistic development of Assandh and the region.”

“The establishment of an IIT will not just transform Assandh but make it a hub of higher education, benefitting the youth across Haryana. Since, Assand is situated at a long distance from the district headquarters, it should be declared as district,” said Rana.

Meanwhile, Indri MLA Ram Kumar Kashyap drew attention to civic concerns, demanding urgent repairs of Alpha City’s broken roads, ownership rights for residents of Mangalpura and Budhakheda villages, and regularisation of families residing on Irrigation Department land for decades.

“Alpha City was developed in 2005 and today nearly 1,300 families live there, yet the roads have completely deteriorated. People from every section of society are facing immense difficulties. The residents’ association has already met the CM on this matter, and I have raised it in the Assembly earlier. I urge the government to ensure that these roads are repaired at the earliest,” he said.

Highlighting a long-standing concern, Kashyap informed the Haryana Assembly that nearly 4,491 families across the state are residing on land belonging to the Irrigation Department, with some living there for over 70 years. He said in Indri alone, nearly 350 families are affected.

“For 70 years the department did nothing, and now suddenly families are being served eviction notices. This is unjust to the people who have made their homes here for generations,” he said.

Nilokheri MLA Bhagwan Das Kabirpanthi also raised several key issues concerning his constituency and urged the government to address these at the earliest. He highlighted the demand for granting ownership rights to shopkeepers in municipal councils of Nilokheri, Taraori, and Gharaunda. In Nilokheri, 45 shopkeepers had acquired shops through auction and applied for ownership rights through the Deputy Commissioner, but the case has been pending with the Revenue Department for over a year. “Shopkeepers who have been in possession for more than 20 years deserve ownership rights without delay,” the MLA said.

Kabirpanthi drew attention to the plight of 450 shopkeepers in Nissing grain market, who were allotted plots in 2014-15 but are unable to deposit money due to unsettled rate differences. He pressed for the completion of pending projects, including a 100-bed hospital in Nilokheri announced in 2014-15.