Gearing up for the grand celebrations of Haryana’s golden jubilee year, Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Friday met retired IAS officers of Haryana cadre to seek their suggestions on the celebrations.
The meeting held in New Delhi was attended by 35 retired IAS officers who gave their suggestions on various issues including quality education, sports, sanitation, water management in parts of Haryana falling under NCR and improving tourism.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister said that the IAS officers have made untiring efforts in building a
strong Haryana which world knows today.
He said, “We aspire to have a vision for the next 50 years so that we together could take Haryana to new heights. The team of officers would keep on changing with time, but a common vision would guide the new teams to work in one common direction which would only lead towards prosperity and development”.
The year-long Golden Jubilee celebrations would begin with a mega function to be organised in Gurgaon on November 1.
The Chief Minister also apprised the officers that the State Government has constituted a Swarna Jayanti Committee constituting experts from every field.
Manohar lal invited their valuable suggestions so that the golden jubilee year could be remembered as an epitome of development and progress. He said that through their experience, they could guide the State Government in an efficient manner.
The Chief Minister said that in order to begin the progress from the grass root level, a meeting will be organized at Tau Devi lal Stadium, Gurgaon on November 1 during which everybody, right from Sarpanch of the village Panchayat to IAS officers would be given an opportunity to put forth their suggestions for further development of the state.