Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday directed the Administrative Secretaries to give priority to the projects concerning their departments so as to complete these time-bound .
Manohar lal on Friday presided over a meeting of Administrative Secretaries of all departments to review the progress of projects announced by him. The announcements that were pending upto January 2015 were taken up for review in the meeting.
It was informed in the meeting that the Chief Minister’s announcements pertaining to Departments of Irrigation, Power, Public Health, Engineering and Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board have almost been completed.
The Chief Minister said that after taking over the reign of the administration in the state on October 26, he had made 763 announcements as per the demand and requirement of the area.
Expressing concern over the pendency of 47 announcements as on December 31, 2014, he directed the Administrative Secretaries that work on his announcements should commence immediately so as to ensure their early execution. In case the file related to the announcement has been sent to any other department by mistake, the same should be transferred to the concerned department without any delay.
He also directed that there should be no delay in the cases of transfer of land for development projects.
He said that in case, any announcement is to be transferred from one department to another, the file should be sent to Chief Minister’s Office. Apart from this, every department is required to fill certain columns in the Chief Minister’s announcement form like estimated amount, funds released and funds spent.
Manohar lal said that the status of the announcement would remain pending with the department till the administrative approval is not given. In case, the announcement is commissioned, the same should be visible on the ground.
After getting the administrative approval, it is mandatory for the department to give the likely date of completion of the work or project. Apart from this, updation, if any, in the status of CM announcement would be done online only.
During the meeting, it was informed that Panchkarma Centres have been opened in almost all districts of the state. Also, one week training of doctors of these Centers has been conducted with the assistance of Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar and 105 doctors have so far completed their training programme.
While referring to the announcement made by the Chief Minister to double the budget of Gita Jayanti Samaroh from next year and to observe the samaroh at district level in the state, Special Principal Secretary to CM RK Khullar apprised the Chief Minister that Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Department has constituted a District level Committee for organizing functions to mark the Gita Jayanti Samaroh and the budget has also been earmarked for the same.
It was also informed that the work to rejuvenate Karna Tal is being undertaken at a cost of Rs three crore. A detailed survey of Kurukshetra and Karnal has been conducted and on the basis of this, a project of Rs 150 crore has been sent to Government of India which is likely to be approved within two or three months.