Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday assured Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Om Prakash Dhankar that work on the Farukh Nagar- Charkhi Dadri railway line would start soon.
Dhankar on Sunday met Prabhu in Bhubaneswar and urged him to soon start work on the railway line from Farukh Nagar to Charkhi Dadri.
The Union Minister asked Dhankar to meet him in Delhi for detailed discussion on this project.
Haryana Minister apprised the Union Minister of the peri-urban agriculture plan of Haryana and the utility of this railway track for the scheme. Delhi is surrounded by Haryana on its three sides and Gurugram is adjacent to Delhi. Similarly, the border of Jhajjar is also linked with Delhi, he said.
A railway line is already passing through Farukh Nagar and if it is linked via Jhajjar-Dadri then it would be very beneficial, said Dhankar adding that lakhs of people from the area go to Gurugram and Delhi for business.
With this railway line, their journey would be made more convenient and they would be able to expand their business, he said.
Dhankar also met the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, and requested him for separate allocation of budget for peri urban agriculture and getting it included in the NCR Plan
He said the people of Haryana could deliver fresh fruits, flowers, vegetables, fishes and eggs to Delhi on daily basis.
The annual market of four crore people of Delhi is worth about Rs36,000 crore.
As Delhi is surrounded by Haryana on three sides, the state could get benefit of its market to the extent of by 75 per cent, he said.
Dhankar apprised the Union Minister of the fact that an international level mandi was being developed at Ganaur in Sonipat district.
He also informed Radha Mohan Singh that the state was capable of delivering its products to the Middle East countries within three hours. The State needs to learn managing techniques besides, making available market to its farmers and imparting marketing skills to them, he added.
Haryana Minister also met Union Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Naik, regarding the proposed national level hospital and research centre of AYUSH Department in village Dewarkhana of district Jhajjar. Naik assured Dhankar that the proposed project would soon be started.
The Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister also met new Chief Ministers of three states and congratulated them. Dhankar met UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh.