CM directs panel to regularly interact with work contractors

CHANDIGARH, DEC 1
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal directed to constitute a three-member committee to regularly interact with the work contractors for the completion of various government projects in a time bound manner.

          Mr Manohar Lal was presiding over a meeting to review the Chief Minister (CM) announcement of five departments namely Agriculture, Urban Local Bodies, Public Works (Building and Roads), Development and Panchayats and Irrigation.

          The committee comprised of Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Mr P.K Mahapatra, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works (Building and Roads), Mr Alok Nigam and Principal Secretary, Irrigation, Mr Anurag Rastogi. The Committee would convene meetings with the Contractor’s Association, interact with the contractors category wise and also redress their grievances, if any.

     The Chief Minister directed to evolve a mechanism to resolve the inter-departmental issues so as to ensure that the progress of development works and projects do not hamper. Besides, he also directed the Administrative Secretaries of the department concerned to review the progress of CM announcement every week. A list of issues which could be resolved at the level of Central Government be submitted to him at the earliest, so that the same could be taken up with the Ministry concerned, he added.  

     He said that development projects in which land issues are involved, the department concerned could upload their demand on the e-Bhoomi Portal to get suitable land. The land would also be made available to gram panchayats or institutions intended to set up Gau Shalas or Nandi Shalas on the 'Gocharan Bhoomi’ in the State. Such land would be provided to them with Right to Use only, he added. He said that the State Government is working towards making Haryana, a stray-cattle free State and Gau Shalas or Nandi Shalas would be set wherever the land is available for the same.

     The Chief Minister was informed that a meeting would be held soon with the officers of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Railways so that works on various projects concerning the State could be started at the earliest. Three projects of the State have been recently approved by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) whereas three more projects have been sent for the approval of the Board.  He was also informed that five departments have hosted 68 demands of land requirement for various development projects on e-Bhoomi Portal in last two days.

     Among those present in the meeting included Chief Secretary, Mr D.S Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr Rajesh Khullar, Deputy Principal Secretary Mr Mandeep Singh Brar, Principal Secretary Monitoring and Coordination Mr T.C Gupta, Principal Secretary Irrigation Mr Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, Principal Secretary Urban Local Bodies Mr Anand Mohan Sharan, Director General Urban  Local Bodies Mr Nitin Yadav and other senior officers of the State Government.

ADDITIONAL INCREMENT: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij today announced to give benefit of three per cent additional increment on initial salary to all contractual employees under National Health Mission (NHM) at Headquarter and District Level. About 12,500 contractual employees working with NHM will be benefitted by this decision.

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