Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that the work on construction of roads and railway line tracks is moving at a fast pace in the state.

“That day is not far when Haryana will be leading in infrastructure. This will also enhance the financial status of the people of the country as well as the state,” said the Chief Minister after inaugurating projects worth Rs 500 crore in Karnal,

He inaugurated two road projects in Karnal built at a cost of Rs 225 crore and an oxygen plant at Kalpana Chawla Medical College at a cost of Rs 50 lakh.

Khattar said that the Haryana Government has got approval of 17 national highways from the Central Government, for a stretch of 1070-km, of which work on 11 highways has been done and work on the remaining highways is being carried out.

12 new bypasses are being built in the state at a cost of Rs 950 crore. In Karnal, projects worth Rs 500 crore have been inaugurated of which nine projects worth Rs 284 crore were inaugurated on Monday and three projects worth Rs 225 crore were inaugurated on Tuesday.

Four lanes of Karnal-Indri-Ladwa road and Karnal-Kaithal road will smoothen travel and curtail accidents, he added.

The Chief Minister assured the people of Karnal that all the 7 routes from Karnal would be four-laned in near future. So far, 4 roads have been completed, the remaining three roads will also be four laned soon, he said.

He also said that the width of the roads adjoining three or more villages would be widened from 12 feet to 18 feet.

Apart from this, all the paths of 5 karam will be made by Marketing Board or PWD. At present, work is on 346 routes is going on while work has been completed on 1,174 routes.  This will facilitate the movement of people from villages to mandis, he informed.

Khattar further said that infrastructure is an essential component of economic progress. Rail lines and roads are being constructed in the state.

The State Government has completed the 135-km route of KMP and KGP in record time. Apart from this, the Orbital Rail Corridor has been approved from Palwal to Kundli, which will be built soon, he said.

 The Chief Minister also said that a national highway has also been approved for Panipat to Dabwali which will be built soon.

In a ranking issued recently by an institution, Haryana has been ranked second in infrastructure. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also praised the developmental works being done in Haryana, he added. 

On the issue of unmanned crossings, the Chief Minister said that there will be no unmanned crossing in Haryana and work is already going on in this regard.  Only 64 railway over bridges and railway under bridges were built in 48 years, whereas the present government has built 56 railway over bridges and under bridges in seven years. Work is being done on 40 railway bridges and this will reduce accidents at unmanned crossings, he said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also honoured 20 girls who topped Class 10 across the state and also handed over a cheque of Rs 21,000 to them.