Most of the announcements made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar during his visits to his constituency have not taken shape.
He had announced Kalpana Chawla Government Medical University (KCGMU) in Kutail village, a shoe and agriculture implement industries hub, an Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) on the Indri road, a bus stand in Sector 12, beautification of Karan Tal and a western bypass from Madhuban to Uchani village.
Sources said work on several projects was yet to start.
Land had been transferred for the university, but no further work seemed to have taken place, they said.
The previous Congress government had passed a proposal for the ISBT in Sector 12. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had laid the foundation stone for the project.
Khattar had ordered to shift it to Indri road, 2 km from here, spread over 29 acres. The Transport Department is still to finalise land for the project. At Sector 12, he had announced a bus stand. This, too, hangs fire.
To ease traffic congestion, the CM had directed officers concerned to construct a western bypass from Madhuban to Uchani village on priority basis. This project is still to start.
Khattar’s ambitious announcement of shifting dairies and vegetable markets are lying pending. Till now, these promises have remained on paper.
The CM during his visit to the historic Karan Tal Park, named after Raja Karan, had directed officials to restore its beauty and asked them to develop it as a tourist hub as per the international standards. Sources said the work had started.
Meanwhile, in other parts of the state
In Sirsa, CM inaugurated projects started by Hooda
Sirsa: CM Manohar Lal Khattar visited Sirsa on December 11, 2014, during his open darbars, and all but one announcement was made — a college for women in Sirsa. This provided district Congress leaders fuel to criticise the government since a new building for a women’s wing of Government National College had already been announced by former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and funds for the project were allocated to the district authorities. “Administrative approval has been issued for Government College for Women at Sirsa with effect from 2015-16 academic sessions. Administrative approval for Rs 17.4 crore has also been given for project and the foundation work is already in progress,” said Sirsa SDM Paramjit Singh Chahal. The CM launched a plethora of projects on his second visit to Sirsa on July 20. Among the nine projects launched on that day was laying of the stone of a building of Government College for Women. Others included inauguration of an ITI at Odhan, and sports stadiums at Odhan and Rania. All projects inaugurated by Khattar were started during Hooda’s tenure. — Sushil Manav
No headway in industrial city of Panipat
Panipat: Panipat is still waiting for ‘change’ promised by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar during his first visit to the city on December 20 last year. He had announced various projects for Panipat, including shifting of the bus stand to Sector 13 or 17 to ease traffic congestion, but the bus stand continues to choke the GT Road. He also announced widening of the Chaajpur-Siwah road for smooth flow of traffic on the highway towards Uttar Pradesh via Sanauli and construction of a road along drain two from the Barsat road to the Sanauli road, but as per sources in the administration these announcements are also running only on papers. The CM had announced to shift sugar mills to Dahar village. As per authorities, the demarcation of land for the project has been done by the Revenue Department, and the work might commence soon. Khattar had also announced a solid waste management project, construction of a road to divert traffic from the Assandh road towards the TDI flyover, reviving the Hali Lake and beautifying of open spaces beneath the flyover on the NH-1. Bhanu Grover, a city resident, said the condition of Hali Lake was same with no development of any kind visible. — Parveen Arora
Things get moving in Jhajjar
Jhajjar: During his first two visits to Jhajjar district in the last nine months, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar promised shifting of high-voltage power lines passing over residential localities in Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar, setting up 28 solid-liquid waste management plants and a package of Rs 100 crore for improving water supply in the district. Of these three announcements, the work to shift power lines has started in Bahadurgarh; tenders have been called for establishing waste management plants and the government has released Rs 24 crore for both the projects. Besides, nothing significant has been done to improve the water supply system. However, the authorities claim they would implement the announcement soon. “Rs 4.21 crore will be spent on removing three 33-KV high-tension and one 132-KV lines from residential areas. In all, 557 poles will be installed for the purpose,” said SK Bansal, UHBVN chief engineer. Over 50 people, most of them women and children, have come in contact with these high voltage lines in both Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar towns during the last five years.
He had announced Kalpana Chawla Government Medical University (KCGMU) in Kutail village, a shoe and agriculture implement industries hub, an Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) on the Indri road, a bus stand in Sector 12, beautification of Karan Tal and a western bypass from Madhuban to Uchani village.
Sources said work on several projects was yet to start.
Land had been transferred for the university, but no further work seemed to have taken place, they said.
The previous Congress government had passed a proposal for the ISBT in Sector 12. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had laid the foundation stone for the project.
Khattar had ordered to shift it to Indri road, 2 km from here, spread over 29 acres. The Transport Department is still to finalise land for the project. At Sector 12, he had announced a bus stand. This, too, hangs fire.
To ease traffic congestion, the CM had directed officers concerned to construct a western bypass from Madhuban to Uchani village on priority basis. This project is still to start.
Khattar’s ambitious announcement of shifting dairies and vegetable markets are lying pending. Till now, these promises have remained on paper.
The CM during his visit to the historic Karan Tal Park, named after Raja Karan, had directed officials to restore its beauty and asked them to develop it as a tourist hub as per the international standards. Sources said the work had started.
Meanwhile, in other parts of the state
In Sirsa, CM inaugurated projects started by Hooda
Sirsa: CM Manohar Lal Khattar visited Sirsa on December 11, 2014, during his open darbars, and all but one announcement was made — a college for women in Sirsa. This provided district Congress leaders fuel to criticise the government since a new building for a women’s wing of Government National College had already been announced by former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and funds for the project were allocated to the district authorities. “Administrative approval has been issued for Government College for Women at Sirsa with effect from 2015-16 academic sessions. Administrative approval for Rs 17.4 crore has also been given for project and the foundation work is already in progress,” said Sirsa SDM Paramjit Singh Chahal. The CM launched a plethora of projects on his second visit to Sirsa on July 20. Among the nine projects launched on that day was laying of the stone of a building of Government College for Women. Others included inauguration of an ITI at Odhan, and sports stadiums at Odhan and Rania. All projects inaugurated by Khattar were started during Hooda’s tenure. — Sushil Manav
No headway in industrial city of Panipat
Panipat: Panipat is still waiting for ‘change’ promised by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar during his first visit to the city on December 20 last year. He had announced various projects for Panipat, including shifting of the bus stand to Sector 13 or 17 to ease traffic congestion, but the bus stand continues to choke the GT Road. He also announced widening of the Chaajpur-Siwah road for smooth flow of traffic on the highway towards Uttar Pradesh via Sanauli and construction of a road along drain two from the Barsat road to the Sanauli road, but as per sources in the administration these announcements are also running only on papers. The CM had announced to shift sugar mills to Dahar village. As per authorities, the demarcation of land for the project has been done by the Revenue Department, and the work might commence soon. Khattar had also announced a solid waste management project, construction of a road to divert traffic from the Assandh road towards the TDI flyover, reviving the Hali Lake and beautifying of open spaces beneath the flyover on the NH-1. Bhanu Grover, a city resident, said the condition of Hali Lake was same with no development of any kind visible. — Parveen Arora
Things get moving in Jhajjar
Jhajjar: During his first two visits to Jhajjar district in the last nine months, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar promised shifting of high-voltage power lines passing over residential localities in Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar, setting up 28 solid-liquid waste management plants and a package of Rs 100 crore for improving water supply in the district. Of these three announcements, the work to shift power lines has started in Bahadurgarh; tenders have been called for establishing waste management plants and the government has released Rs 24 crore for both the projects. Besides, nothing significant has been done to improve the water supply system. However, the authorities claim they would implement the announcement soon. “Rs 4.21 crore will be spent on removing three 33-KV high-tension and one 132-KV lines from residential areas. In all, 557 poles will be installed for the purpose,” said SK Bansal, UHBVN chief engineer. Over 50 people, most of them women and children, have come in contact with these high voltage lines in both Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar towns during the last five years.
