Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar has said that efforts of his Government have led to efficient governance and eliminating corruption in the State.
“As a result of concerted efforts made by the present Government, the winds of change are blowing and the people have seen results in over 1,025 days,” he said while addressing a gathering on the 71st Independence Day in Gurugram.
Manohar lal unfurled the tricolour and took salute from various contingents including those of the Haryana Armed Police and the National Cadet Corps (NCC).
He said with the adoption of e-technology in the State, the efficiency of the Government has increased and it has been able to eliminate corruption.
“Since the inception of the State, the recruitment in Government jobs had been infested with nepotism, corruption, regionalism and casteism, but now jobs are being given on the basis of merit. Our Government has infused confidence among those youth who were fed up with the corrupt system prevailing earlier,” said Manohar lal.
The Chief Minister also expressed gratitude to the people of the State for trusting him and said he too has tried to take steps to ensure overall development of at an accelerated pace.
He said the State Government was working for the welfare of the farmers by offering highest-ever compensation for the losses to their crops, procuring produce at highest-ever MSP, establishing horticultural university, developing villages as horticultural villages and supplying water through various distributaries in southern Haryana after 39 years.
The Government is also emphasising on increasing metro connectivity in the National Capital Region (NCR) lying in Haryana. With a view to facilitating local citizens, HUDA City Centre Metro Station would be developed as a junction to ensure convenience to the metro users. Similarly, HUDA and GMDA would collectively construct a footover bridge or underpass on this station to facilitate the people, said he.
Meanwhile, Khattar also pressed for setting up a separate High Court for the Sate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court building in Chandigarh, dividing the area in the ratio of 60:40.
The ratio of judges should be 50:50 until the issue of a court for Chandigarh Administration is settled, he said. The Chief Minister said Haryana has had more cases in the High Court and that he has asked the Supreme Court to increase the number of judges.
A letter has also been written to the Chief Justice of the Apex Court to set up a separate bench of the High Court in southern Haryana.
On the shortage of doctors, Manohar lal said 550 doctors had already been recruited in the state and they would soon join their duties.