Haryana approved Rs 163 crores for flood control schemes
Haryana Flood Control Board,which met under the Chairmanship of
Chief Minister,Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today, approved
floodcontrol schemes worth Rs 163 crore and these
includedschemes involving an investment of Rs 140 crore to be
implemented by the State Irrigation Department and of Rs 23
crore by the Public Health Department.These schemes also
included an investment of Rs 84crore to save the five districts
of Jind, Hisar,Bhiwani, Rohtak and Jhajjar, which formed a bowl
and have been suffering from the on slaught of floodsbecause of
their topographical problem. It was informed that Rs 20 crore
have been spent so far during the current financial year on
various flood protection scheme in the State. The Board also
approved on going flood protection schemes costing Rs28.50
crore. The Chief Minister, who reviewed the ongoing and new
schemes thread bare with the senior officers of the state
government, directed them to follow time schedule of various
projects and speedup the pace of work. He said that the people
in the state must feelthe change of work culture. He reiterated
thecommitment of the state government to make Haryana number one
state in five years and said that we all should work in a team
spirit to achieve the desiredtarget. He said that in case of any
problem they mightapproach the concerned Minister, Chief
Secretary,Principal Secretary to Chief Minister or even him.Mr.
Hooda directed that the committees headed by the Sub Divisional
Magistrates should be constituted in those areas where these
were yet to be constituted so as to ensure inspection of the
desilting works by the members of these committees. Such
committees haverepresentatives of Zila Parishad and Block
Samitis aswell as Panchayat. It is only after their inspection
report that payments are made to the contractors. While
reviewing new schemes, in case of Yamunanagar district, schemes
costing over Rs 4.76 crore were approved. Similarly, scheme
involving an investment of Rs 2.25 crore for Karnal district, Rs
1.93 crore for Panipat district, Rs 86.45 lakh for Sonepat
disctict,Rs 21.25 crore for district Jind, over Rs six crore for
Faridabad district, and about Rs two crore forMewat district.
The Board also approved schemesinvolving about Rs six crore for
Ambala district, Rs39 lakh for Panchkula district, over Rs 69
lakh for Kaithal district, Rs one crore for Kurukshetra district
and of Rs 17.97 crore for Hisar district. The Board also
approved schemes worth over Rs 16.40 crore for Rohtak district,
Rs 19.68 crore for Jhajjar district, over Rs 12 crore for
Bhiwani district and Rs4.61 crore for Rewari district.
Similarly, new schemes involving an investment of Rs 3.48 crore
were approved for Mahendragarh district.It was also informed
that the drainage schemes forwater logged area would be financed
under grants from12th Finance Commission for the districts of
Jind,Hisar, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Bhiwani these would costover Rs
63.37 crore. It was decided that all first priority schemes
would be completed with in two financial years.
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