Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will meet on June 5 to discuss interstate issues.

The issues include construction of Kishau dam, construction of a new parallel linked channel from Dadupur to Hamida Head, Saraswati River Rejuvenation and Heritage Development Project, SYL canal water via Himachal Pradesh and imposition of cess on electricity.

The information was given in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Khattar with administrative secretaries to review projects worth more than Rs 100 crore. The Chief Minister directed the officers to formulate various schemes on a large scale to drain out water from the waterlogged areas to the low-water areas of the state; so that the farmers can get its benefit.

Khattar said in the meeting that work is being done on various drinking water and irrigation schemes.

“It is the priority of the state government to provide clean drinking water in sufficient quantities to the citizens across the state uninterruptedly. Also, water will be available for irrigation to the farmers after these projects are completed,” he added.

The officers apprised the chief minister that work is underway to remodel the Gurugram Water Service channel and construction of the Mewat Feeder Canal project, besides increasing capacity of the JLN Canal and Hansi branch canal’s carrier system.

“These irrigation and water projects will provide relief in areas with groundwater crises and water for irrigation will be available to industries and farmers,” he said.

The officials added that work on remodelling of the augmentation canal in Yamunanagar, concrete linking and remodelling from the Munak Head (Karnal) to Khubru Head (Sonipat), increasing the capacity of the sewage treatment plant channel in Dhanwapur and Behrampur (Gurugram), among others, are being expedited.

Khattar said the state government is endeavouring to strengthen the metro and road network in Gurugram and Faridabad.

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority will commence the civil work on the 28-kilometre metro network within a month. Metro connectivity from Rezang La Chowk to Dwarka Sector 21 and the Regional Rapid Transit System from Sarai Kale Khan to Panipat is also being formulated.

Khattar directed the officers to expedite the work on the state’s first international-level convention centre being built in Faridabad’s Sector 78. The centre will include a 200-room hotel, an exhibition and an auditorium block.