Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar on Wednesday said that the present State Government has established 52 Government colleges in the State, out of which 30 colleges are for girls only.
Replying to a question asked during the question hour of the ongoing Budget session in Haryana Vidhan Sabha here, he also informed that at present there are 157 Government colleges in the State out of which 8 colleges are in Jind district alone.
The Education Minister said classes of the proposed Government Girls College in village Pillukhera of Jind district for the current academic session 2019-20 are being held in an alternative building, while the construction work of this college building will soon be completed and the classes will be started in this building only.
Replying to another question, he said that 20 Government colleges are running in Sonipat district, one of them is in Gannaur. The State Government aims to open at least one college within a radius of 20 km.
Bio-Science park of IIT Delhi in Jhajjar
Haryana Minister of Technical Education, Anil Vij said that the Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Delhi extension campus at village Badhsa, Jhajjar is being established as a Bio-science park by the IIT Delhi. Replying to a question, he said 50 acres of land in Gram Panchayat Badhsa, Jhajjar was purchased by Haryana Technical Education Department at a cost of Rs 15.19 crore. He said IIT Delhi has assured that the Bio-science park will be made fully functional within three years after acceptance and possession of the land.
4463 villages getting 24 hours power supply
Under the 'Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon' scheme 4463 villages are getting 24 hours power supply of 1048 RDS feeders of 11 KV in 9 districts namely Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Gurugram, Rewari, Sirsa, and Fatehabad, Haryana Power Minister, Ranjit Singh said while replying to a question. Under this scheme, to improve the service quality, activities such as replacing naked wires with AB cable, replacing defective or electromechanical meters, shifting power meters outside the houses, maintenance of distribution transformers and maintaining the LD system are running by the State Government. Under this, one-time replacement or re-installation of the meter will be done on the spot and the meter will not be sent to M&T Lab for further testing.
Agreement with Railways on Bridges
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala, said that the State Government will remove the railway gates by constructing Railway Over Bridge (ROB) or Railway Under Bridge (RUB). For this, the State Government has done an agreement with the Union Railways Ministry.
Replying to a question during the question hour, he said there is a State Highway on one side of the village of Pelpa and on the other side there is a National Highway and Kundali-Manesar-Palwal Expressway also runs along. The department had conducted a study there and it was found that the Defect Liability Period (DLP) of that road is till December 2020. After this, bypass land will be constructed by the department at these three places.
He said that many companies have set up their units in Pelpa, Subana, Saundhi and other places adjoining Kundali-Manesar-Palwal Expressway. He said that to ensure more industrial development of this area and for the strengthening of roads, cooperation from industries will also be sought, he added.
Rs 115 crore for cricket stadium in Faridabad
Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Sandeep Singh said that an amount of Rs 115 crore will be spent for the renovation of Raja Nahar International Cricket Stadium in Faridabad and 40 per cent work of this stadium has been completed. The stadium was constructed in the year 1987 and eight one-day international cricket matches and six women's one-day international cricket matches have been organized here.
Replying to a question, he said that along with constructing big stadiums it is also very important that more efforts should be made for bringing the sports talent from grassroots into the mainstream. He said that to build an international cricket stadium, an expenditure of about Rs 200 crore is required. He said only Rs 130 crore is left after taking out the coach and staff salaries and the prize money being given to the players and other heads from the Sports department’s budget, while the amount is certainly less to build an international cricket stadium.