Buoyed by party’s big victory in Lok Sabha polls 2019 in Haryana, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal who is heading the BJP Government in the state has already begun preparations for the State Assembly polls due to be held in October this year.
To expedite the development projects across the state ahead of Haryana Assembly election, the Chief Minister will be presiding over several rounds of meeting on Tuesday to review the progress of ongoing projects in 18 cities and speed up these projects.
In day-long meetings which will include five sessions, discussion will be held on AMRUT mission, status of smart city project, status of CM’s announcements.
Under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, the government is undertaking various projects to enhance civic facilities in Panchkula, Gurugram, Ambala, Jagadhri, Karnal, Rohtak, Hisar, Sonepat, Panipat, Kaithal, Rewari, Bhiwani, Thanesar, Bahadurgarh, Palwal, Sirsa and Jind, said an official spokesman.
Projects including strengthening of the drinking water supply system, strengthen the drainage system and sewerage management, rain water drainage management, urban transport among others are undertaken in these cities under AMRUT scheme, he said.
The Chief Minister will preside over five sessions in the day-long meetings to review the AMRUT mission, status of smart city project, status of implementation of his announcements. Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain, senior bureaucrats, Mayor and other representatives of the city would attend the meeting, the spokesman added.
On Monday also, the Chief Minister reviewed the progress of metro projects in the state.
After the BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal had recently said that his government’s priority will be to speed up the development projects in Haryana, which will go to State Assembly polls in next three-four months.
In the 90-member State Assembly, the BJP currently has 48 MLAs.
Manohar Lal has already directed all the MLAs to expedite the progress of various development works or projects in their constituencies and ensure to fix a deadline for the completion of key projects.