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. Haryana@abcnewsnetwork http://abcnewsnetworkharyana.blogspot.com/