IEP Chandigarh, February 7

In another stride towards fostering planned urban development in Haryana, Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal has directed the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to expedite the purchase 5000 acres of land  through the e-bhoomi portal, land pooling policy or aggregator to facilitate the development of new sectors. This proactive measure by the government aims to curtail the proliferation of illegal colonies.

The Chief Minister, who also serves as the Chairman of the HSVP, issued these directives while chairing the 126th meeting of the Pradhikaran here today.

Sh Manohar Lal said that HSVP should comprehensively catalog all its properties, including residential, commercial, or institutional. He mandated that any land-related applications submitted by citizens to Estate Officers in the field must be promptly reported to the headquarters without fail.

Approval granted for allotment of land for ESI dispensaries

During the meeting, approval was granted for the allotment of land for the construction of ESI dispensaries across various districts. This initiative aims to enhance medical services for insured individuals and their dependents under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme. It was informed in the meeting that ESI dispensaries would be established in Mullana (Ambala district), Farrukhnagar (Gurugram district), Dadri Toi and Jhadli (Jhajjar district), Tarawadi and Gharaunda (Karnal district), Kosli (Rewari district), Chhachhrauli (Yamunanagar district), Charkhi Dadri and Barsat Road (Panipat district). In addition, an ESI hospital with approximately 100 beds will be constructed in Hisar, for which land allocation has already been finalized.

HSVP will allot land to government departments at 50 percent rates

In accordance with the Chief Minister’s directives, the HSVP’s policy to allocate land to government departments at reduced rates has been approved. Under this policy, land would now be allocated by HSVP at a 50 percent discounted rate to various government departments for public interest development projects. However, this provision will only apply to departments, while boards and corporations will continue to receive land at fixed rates.

During the meeting, it was informed that dependents of deceased employees from the engineering wing of the HSVP were provided employment on compassionate grounds. Among those who benefited from this initiative are Rishab, Namit, Rahul, and Shivam.

Chief Secretary Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary of Industries and Commerce Department Mr. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary of Public Health Engineering Department Mr. AK Singh, Additional Chief Secretary of Town and Country Planning Department Mr Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr V Umashankar, Chief Administrator of Haryana Urban Development Authority Mr TL Satyaprakash and other senior officials were also present.

IEP Chandigarh, February 7

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, has granted administrative sanction for the special repair and improvement of 5 MDR (Major District Roads) in 4 Districts namely Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Karnal and Jhajjar. This project will cost over Rs. 84.23 crore. The important roads with a district connecting production and market places with each other or with the main highways are known as ‘Major District Roads’.

Giving more information in this regard, an official spokesperson stated that the special repair under the project include Widening & Strengthening of roads of village Jhumpa kalan, Behal, Kairu and Bhiwani-Loharu road (MDR-126) spanning 8.37 km of District Bhiwani with an estimated cost of Rs. 12.31 crore, Widening & Strengthening of road Bhattu-Ludesar-Jamal to State Border (MDR-103) spanning 10.45 Km. in Fatehabad district with an estimated cost of Rs. 11.18 crore, Strengthening of roads from village Kohand-Munak-Salwan-Assandh (MDR-114) spanning 37.850 km of District Karnal with an estimated cost of Rs. 24.95 crore, Strengthening of roads from Karnal Munak road (MDR-115) spanning 24.60 km of District Karnal with an estimated cost of Rs. 16.74 crore,  Improvement of Roads from Bahadurgarh to Chhara road (MDR-122) in Jhajjar District at an estimated cost of Rs. 19.03 crore.

He further stated that these initiatives reflect the Haryana Government’s commitment to infrastructure development and will undoubtedly bring substantial benefits to the public by improving road networks and connectivity across the state.

IEP Chandigarh, February 7

Haryana Chief Secretary Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal stated that the 126-kilometer-long Palwal-Sonipat Railway Line project, alongside the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, costing ₹5700 crore, is underway and will connect Nuh, Sohna, Manesar, and Kharkhoda.

Presiding over the meeting with officials today to discuss the progress of land acquisition for the Haryana Orbit Rail Corridor Project, Chief Secretary Kaushal emphasized that this project would be a significant boon to the state.

In total, 441.47 hectares of land have been acquired for the project. Compensation amounting to ₹1419.24 crore is being distributed, with ₹1167.92 crore already disbursed. The remaining ₹251.32 crore will be distributed as soon as possible, and the acquisition of the remaining land is in progress, he added. He directed officials to expedite the distribution of compensation for acquired land in Palwal, Gurugram, Jhajjar, Nuh, and Sonipat. He also urged them to ensure the distribution of structure compensation in sub-divisions Palwal, Sohna, Gurugram, Pataudi, Nuh, and Tawadu as soon as possible.

Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Anurag Rastogi, and HRIDC officers attended the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, February 7

Haryana Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij today redressed the grievances to people of the state at his residence in Ambala and gave directions to the officers for action.

A complainant from Charkhi Dadri informed Home Minister Anil Vij that he has been falsely implicated in a rape case by a woman. The complainant alleged that the woman is demanding Rs. 20 lakh to settle the case. The police are not conducting a fair investigation. Home Minister Anil Vij has directed to the SP, Charkhi Dadri to form an SIT to re-investigate the case.

A complainant from Panipat informed in a complaint about falsely implicating his mother and wife in a murder case. The complainant alleged that during the incident, his mother and wife were not present at the spot. Home Minister Anil Vij has directed the SP of Panipat to conduct a re-investigation in this case.

Fraud of Rs. 53 lakh in the name of sending to US

A complainant from Kurukshetra reported that immigration agent demanded money in the name of sending his son to US. He paid Rs. 53 lakh to the agents. However, instead of sending his son to America, the agents sent him to Dubai first and later called him back to the country. Now, when he demands his money back, he is being threatened. Home Minister Anil Vij has directed the SIT (immigration fraud) to take action in this case.

Similarly, a contractor from Yamunanagar revealed that he had taken a contract to build a house in Yamunanagar and was promised a labour payment of Rs. 8.82 lakh. However, he received only 4.77 lakh rupees, and when he demands the remaining amount, he is being threatened. Home Minister Anil Vij has directed the SP of Yamunanagar to take action in this case.

Home Minister Anil Vij has also given directions for action in other cases. A woman from Jind complained about no action being taken in a case of assault. A complainant from Karnal did not submit a challan in court in a cheating case, and students from a medical college in Rohtak used indecent language against the college administration, A family from Sirsa demanded a change of investigating officer in a dispute case, and a woman from Kurukshetra alleged non-arrest of the accused in a suicide case and other cases were also brought to the attention of Home Minister Anil Vij, who directed the concerned officers to take action.

IEP Chandigarh

The former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday alleged that the current Government has been a failure in every field, and every section is unhappy with this government. So, the Congress party has decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the BJP-JJP led State government in the upcoming Budget session of Vidhan Sabha, scheduled to begin from February 20.

Senior Congress leader said this after presiding over a meeting of Congress Legislature Party here in Chandigarh.

Hooda said the party will raise the issues of various scams including cooperatives, Ayushman, mining and FPO, during the session. The Congress will also seek answers from the government on issues, like increasing unemployment in the state, irregularities in Skill Employment Corporation, sending youth to war zone in Israel, giving priority to outsiders in Haryana’s recruitment, recruitment scams and Agneepath Scheme.

Apart from this, the Congress would also raise issues like increasing drug abuse, stoppage of scholarship for SC-BC children, schemes for SCs, falling level of education, condition of farmers, damage caused by inclement weather, compensation for damage caused by flood, irregularities family identity card, bad condition of roads and minority issues. Hooda further said that the responsibilities have been assigned to MLAs on different issues. Adjournment and calling attention motions will be given in the House by the MLAs.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Hooda said that people have no expectations from the upcoming budget, because this government has not done any work except increasing the debt of the state.

IEP Chandigarh, February 6

Haryana to formulate a plan to involve final year civil engineering students from state universities and polytechnic institutes to work with Junior Engineers (J.E.) to assist in preparing estimates of civil works. The plan would certainly play a pivotal role in timely preparation of work estimates.

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while chairing a review meeting with the officers concerned regarding the resolution of complaints filed on the Jan Samvad portal.  During the meeting, he reviewed complaints received pertaining to the departments of Development and Panchayat, and Higher Education.

He directed officers to register complaints received in writing from the people during the Jan Samvad program on the Jan Samvad portal and resolve them promptly.

Reviewing these complaints, the Chief Minister said that most cases related to the Department of Development and Panchayat are associated with engineering works. Therefore, final-year civil engineering students from state universities and polytechnic institutes should be paired with junior engineers to assist in preparing estimates.

The Chief Minister was apprised that a list of junior engineers from departments closely involved in engineering works would be made available online for students, who can choose to work with a junior engineer within three days.

The Chief Minister emphasised the need for mapping of tasks and the preparation of categorised lists. The meeting also provided information that there are 23,364 development works listed by the Department of Development and Panchayat, 2370 by the Department of Public Health Engineering, and 1281 by the Urban Local Bodies Department.

Notably, four officers namely Additional Chief Secretary,  Public Health Engineering Department, Sh. A.K. Singh, Chairman of Power DISCOMs, Sh. P.K. Das, Chief Commissioner, Haryana Right to Service Commission, Sh. T.C. Gupta, and Advisor  (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Sh. Devender Singh has been assigned special responsibility for handling complaints received during the Jan Samvad portal.

Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Director General, Higher Education, Sh. Mr. Rajiv Rattan, Chairman, Haryana Higher Education Council, Dr. Kailash Chandra Sharma and other officers also remained present on this occasion.

IEP Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal today said that directions have been issued to conduct special Girdawari to assess crop damage caused due to hailstorms in the state.

Sh Manohar Lal informed this while interacting with the media persons after addressing ‘Ethics Conclave’ organized under Mission Karmayogi in Panchkula today. Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Sh Gian Chand Gupta was also present on this occasion.

The Chief Minister said that State has witnessed rain and hailstorm in the last three-four days. Crops have been damaged in many districts due to hailstorm. Special Girdawari will be conducted in such areas and compensation will be paid to the affected farmers.

IEP Chandigarh

Haryana Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij directed the police officers to constitute an SIT to investigate cases of murder and suicide seperately. Additionally, he also directed the IG of Hisar Range to constitute a SIT in the case of illegal encroachment and vandalism of houses in Hisar.

Sh. Vij gave this direction while addressing the public grievances at his residence in Ambala Cantonment, on Tuesday.

Siblings from Chandigarh complained to Home Minister Sh.Anil Vij that their father committed suicide on the railway line some time ago and a case was also registered at the GRP Chandigarh station. A few days after the father’s death, they received a suicide note stating that under pressure from some people, he was committing suicide. They alleged the police of not arresting any accused in the case despite complaining to the GRP long time ago. The Home Minister directed the IG, GRP to form an SIT to investigate the case.

Similarly, a complainant from Panipat informed Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij of the lack of action against the accused in the case of his son’s murder. The complainant stated that his son was electrocuted while sleeping at night and an attempt was made to frame someone else as part of a conspiracy. The accusation was that despite complaining to the police, no accused has been arrested so far. Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij directed to form an SIT to investigate the case.

Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij has directed the IG of Hisar to form an SIT to investigate the case of encroachment and demolition of houses based on the complaint of a resident of Hisar.

A complainant from Hisar accused a woman of blackmailing him and threatening to seize his property. A married woman from Yamunanagar accused her in-laws of harassment. A family from Nuh put forward their complaint of inaction in the case of their child’s murder, upon which Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij directed SP Nuh to take stringent action in the case.

IEP Chandigarh, February 6

The Haryana government has directed all Divisional and Deputy Commissioners to submit reports on the damage to crops due to heavy rainfall and hailstorm.

Sharing more details in this regard an official spokesperson said  that the Revenue and Disaster Management Department is conducting the girdawri of Rabi crop in the state from February 1 to March 1, 2024. Recently, complaints of crop damage due to heavy rainfall and hailstorm have been received.

In view of this, the Department has issued directions to Divisional and Deputy Commissioners to prepare reports on Rabi crops where damage of 25 percent or more has occurred due to heavy rainfall and hailstorm from January 30, 2024, onwards till now and submit the same.

IEP Chandigarh, February 6

At the 37th Surajkund International Crafts Mela, the ‘Haryanvi Pagdi’ has become a major attraction for tourists in the Virasat Cultural Exhibition. Visitors of all ages are being drawn to the cultural exhibition organised by Virasat at ‘Haryana ka Apna Ghar’ through ‘Pagdi Bandhao, Photo Khinchao’.

Director, Virasat, Dr. Mahasingh Poonia said that the ‘Haryanvi Pagdi’ is gaining popularity at the mela, especially on social media where people are posting selfies with Haryanvi traditional hookahs, wearing Pagdis, and posing with ‘Haryana ka Apna Ghar’.

He noted that on the second day of the fair, Smt. Sudesh Dhankar, wife of the Vice President Sh.Jagdeep Dhankar, also visited the fair and wore the ‘Pagdi’.

He said that the heritage exhibition at ‘Apna Ghar’ in the fairgrounds is currently spreading the message of Haryanvi culture to every tourist.