Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday, while continuing the streak to provide contractual manpower to all government entities in the State,  gave digital job offer to as many as 1087 new candidates who will be engaged through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (HKRNL).

Congratulating the candidates who have received their jobs letters, Khattar said that absolute transparency is also being ensured in the jobs given through HKRNL, due to which the citizens are very happy. He said that offers have been sent for the post of 382 Drivers, 92 Ayush Yoga Assistants, 96 Data Entry Operators, 55 Firemen/Fire Drivers and 31 Junior Engineers etc.

"The State Government aims to provide employment opportunities to the members of Antyodaya families on a priority basis under HKRNL, so that such families can become economically affluent," said Khattar. He said that the government was constantly receiving complaints of exploitation of employees hired by service providers under outsourcing policy, therefore with the objective of providing contractual manpower in Haryana in a transparent manner, HKRNL has been set up. Now all the contract employees are being appointed through this Nigam.

Earlier employees were engaged on a temporary basis at DC rate. Due to different DC rates in different districts, some problems also used to arise. Now the monthly pay has also been regularized in HKRNL and these employees are also getting full benefits of EPF, ESIC, said Khattar.

The Chief Minister said that so far more than 5600 candidates have been provided employment through HKRNL. These mainly include TGT, PGT, Driver, Ayush Yoga Assistant and Lineman. He said that the reservation for SC, OBC etc. category has also been fully complied with in the employees recruited through HKRNL. Not only this, more employees have been appointed than the fixed reservation limit. So far, more than 30 percent of the employees engaged through HKRNL belong to the SC category.

Govt to spend Rs 304 crore on renovation and expansion of Delhi Parallel Canal

 In another event, Khattar also laid the foundation stone for the expansion and renovation work of the Parallel Delhi Canal on Thursday. An amount of Rs 304 crore will be spent by the state government on the expansion and renovation work of the Parallel Delhi Canal. Due to this, thousands of farmers of Israna, Panipat Rural and Samalkha assembly constituencies are likely to be benefited alongwith the people of South Haryana. This work will be started from Munak in Karnal to Khubdu head in Sonipat district. After the completion of the expansion work, the capacity of water in this canal will increase from 5528 cusecs to 7280 cusecs. The renovation will increase the width from 85 feet to 98 feet and the depth from 11.5 feet to 13.5 feet. 

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said, in a bid to ensure that farmers should get maximum benefit from the canal water, expansion and renovation work of Parallel Delhi Canal was necessary. He said that the people of South Haryana including Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat had been demanding for a long time that the capacity of water in the Parallel Delhi Canal should be increased. "In Haryana about 80 lakh acres of land is cultivable.   Apart from canals,  in the state, irrigation is also done through tube wells. With proper management of water, now the same can be supplied to the low-lying areas as well," said Khattar. He said that this scheme will prove effective for ensuring proper supply of drinking water to the area from Hathni Kund to Gurugram.