Chairing the meeting of the High Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC) and Department High Powered Purchase Committee (DHPPC), Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday accorded approval to purchases and contracts worth more than Rs 146 crore.

Energy Minister Ranjit Singh, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister JP Dalal and Minister of State for Labour Anoop Dhanak were also present at the meeting.

Addressing the media persons, the Chief Minister said that a total of 21 agendas of Irrigation, Hartron, Land Records, Transport, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and Animal Husbandry Department were placed in the meeting, out of which most of the agendas were approved. He further informed that Rs 10 crore has been saved after negotiations with various bidders.

In the meeting, a proposal regarding the purchase of 70 mobile veterinary vans was also approved for the convenience of livestock owners so that they can get easy transportation options for the medical facilities of their animals. The purchase of these vans will cost around Rs 11 crore. Apart from this, approval was also accorded to procure 300 GNSS Rovers at a cost of about Rs 32 crore to give impetus to the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project.

Responding to a question, the Chief Minister said that the opposition says that they will discontinue PPP, portal and merit-based recruitment system.

“The more the opposition will criticize our welfare policies, the more befitting reply they will get from the Public. We aim that every single penny of the public should be spent in a transparent manner for their welfare only,” said Khattar.