Sunday, October 25, 2015

Haryana Govt committed to root out corruption: CM

CHANDIGARH, OCT 25
Describing corruption in the State as a consequence of a nexus, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, said that the State Government is committed to completely rooting out corruption at all levels of the administration, besides ensuring all-round development. He urged the people to inform the Government about any incident of corruption so that suitable action could be taken against the wrongdoers.
        The Chief Minister was addressing a well-attended public meeting on the completion of one year of the State Government in Sirsa today.
He said that the State Government was making efforts to break this nexus and the people’s support was required for this purpose. Though we have not yet achieved 100 per cent result in this direction, we will definitely completely eradicate this menace from the administration with the active support of the people, he added.
While announcing development funds amounting to Rs 25 crore for five assembly segments of the Sirsa parliament, Mr. Manohar Lal asked the authority concerned to send estimates of Rs five crore for each assembly so that developmental works could be undertaken at the earliest. Keeping in view the long-pending demand of the people of the Ellenabad assembly, the Chief Minister informed that he had already written a letter to the Union Government for the construction of a railway under bridge in Ellenabad. After receiving approval, the State Government would submit its share so that the project could be taken up at the earliest, he added.
The Chief Minister said that under the scheme to set up a Medical College in each district, an announcement to this effect would be made for district Sirsa district as well in the times to come. He said that during the past one year, the present State Government had spent a sum of about Rs 40 crore for executing developmental works in the district, including Rs 13.46 crore in Sirsa assembly constituency, Rs six crore in Rania, Rs 5.52 crore in Kalanwali, Rs eight crore in Dabwali and Rs 6.35 crore in Ellenabad assembly constituency. Today, he also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects costing about Rs18 crore in the district.
Taking a dig at the Opposition, he said that in the democratic system, the Opposition can ask about the functioning of the government and government is liable to give reply about its performance, but in case the Opposition himself replies to the question, then it is an insult to the people, who make the government.
        The Chief Minister said that since it took over the reins of the administration on October 26, 2014, the present State Government has been constantly moving forward to ensure equal development in the entire State. We have set aside the earlier practice of lopsided development and the four-laning of the Sirsa-Dabwali National Highway is one of the best examples of it, he said. He added that the entire State was equal for the present Bharatiya Janata Party government and urged the people to adopt the concept of ‘Haryana Ek - Haryanvi Ek’ to ensure progress and prosperity of the State.
        Mr. Manohar Lal said that forging ahead with the ‘Digital India’ mantra of Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, the State Government had taken many initiatives in this direction, including e-governance, CM Window for prompt redressal of grievances, e-registration, e-stamping, online facility of C-form for traders, e-return, online registration of birth and Aadhar seeding etc. A new software National Land Record Modernisation Programme is also being developed for better land management in the state. Haryana is also creating State Resident Database to collect entire information of all its citizens, he added.
        He said that the State Government had released a sum of Rs 1,092 crore to compensate farmers for their losses during the recent calamity. We are doing a lot and will do everything for the welfare of the farming community, he said. He added that the present government had recently given a project costing Rs 143 crore for lift irrigation system in southern Haryana. Besides, the State Government is working to improve quality of education and ensure transparency and fairness in the Public Distribution System.
The Chief Minister said that the new ‘Enterprises Promotion Policy – 2015’ would attract investment amounting to Rs one lakh crore, besides creating employment opportunities for four lakh people. The Memorandum of Understanding which has been inked with national and international companies would also attract Rs 20,000 crore as investment and provide employment for 60,000 people. The present government will provide government jobs to about 50,000 people and four lakh jobs would be created in the private sector, he added.
Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Mr. Ghanshyam Saraf, and Political Advisor to Chief Minister, Mr. Jagdish Chopra, also spoke on this occasion.
Senior BJP leaders and officers of district administration also present on this occasion.

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