Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday announced development works worth Rs 244 crore for district Panchkula besides inaugurating and laying foundation stones of nine projects amounting to Rs 85.03 crore at Panchkula near here.
The Chief Minister was addressing a public meeting at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula.
He said that the present State Government has made maximum use of information technology to change the working system and put a check on corruption.
Stringent actions would be taken to curb corruption in every possible manner, he said.
Lashing out at former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Manohar Lal said that Hooda was expert in misleading people by making lucrative announcements. Hooda had made so many announcements in Gohana rally which was held on November 1, 2013 that even officers had to step back saying that there was no sufficient funds to implement those announcements, he said
Manohar Lal said that 6800 announcements have been made during last four years of which more than 60 per cent have either been completed or near completion. All these announcements would be got completed by next year.
76 promises were made in 2014 election manifesto of which 161 have been completed, he added.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has sufficient funds for development works. In 2014, the state budget was about 61,000 crore which has increased to more than Rs 1.15 lakh crore in 2018-19, he said.
Manohar Lal further said that during last four years, he had visited each assembly constituency and made announcements of at least Rs 700 crore to Rs 1,000 crore depending upon the demand of the area.
The Chief Minister said that he has asked all the MLAs to prepare vision documents of their respective assembly constituencies.
Development works of Rs 2000 crore for Panchkula and Rs 700 crore for Kalka have either been completed or under progress. Apart from this, announcements amounting to Rs 234 crore have been made on Tuesday, he said.
On the demand of MLA Panchkula, Gian Chand Gupta, he announced Rs five crore for Ashiana Flats, Rs 10 crore for expansion of old age home, Rs eight crore for district level digital library and Rs 10 crore to cover the drain at Sector 5 Mansa Devi Complex.
Apart from this, he also announced development works worth Rs 35 crore for rural areas of the district.
The Chief Minister also congratulated people on the eve of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti. He said that the State Government has been organising district level functions of the occasion of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti.