Stating that providing a roof over every family is the utmost priority of the State Government, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday instructed the officers of the ‘Housing for All’ department to complete all the work related to this at the earliest.

Chairing a department-wise review meeting on the work of budget announcements, Khattar directed that the Housing for All Department should complete the survey work in a time-bound manner. Besides this, the department should also prepare a scheme in this regard at the earliest. Khattar further said that the department should prepare a city-wise list as to how many houses are required to be constructed. Accordingly, the process of land purchase will be started, he added.

During the meeting, Khattar reviewed the department-wise announcements made during the budget with the officers concerned. He directed them to complete the work on these announcements at the earliest.

The Chief Minister also directed the officers of the School Education Department, Higher Education Department and Skill Development and Industrial Training Department to provide transport facilities to the girl students studying in schools, colleges, and ITIs. Khattar said that all three departments should first appoint nodal officers, who would handle the above-assigned work. Besides this, a block-wise timetable should be prepared. After this, all these three departments should hold a joint meeting with the Transport Department and ensure the arrangement of safe and secure transport in these three educational institutions.

The Chief Minister directed the Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department to increase the number of Model Sanskriti Schools. He said that this work should be done expeditiously.  Along with increasing the number of such schools, the quality of education imparted in these schools should also be further improved.

Khattar also directed the officers concerned to organize free medical health check-ups for family members coming in the income slab of upto Rs.1.80 lakh.  Medical checkups should be done during the month in which the family members have birthdays, he directed. He said that the process of organizing health camps will run throughout the year and will cover all family members of the said eligible group. The Chief Minister further directed the Health Department to start this scheme at the earliest.

The Chief Minister has directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department to immediately prepare a model for setting up ‘Sarais’ in big government hospitals across the state. The department should prepare a blueprint of the land, and design of these ‘Sarais’.  Besides this, a plan should also be formulated regarding the functioning and maintenance of these ‘Sarais’.