Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Monday announced that Gurgaon Development Authority (GDA) will soon come up for better and faster development projects in the city.
The GDA will be formed soon and formation process will start from the ‘Haryana Day’ (November 1), said the Chief Minister while addressing a Press conference in Gurgaon.
He said that Gurgaon would be developed as a Super Smart City for which a Rs 500 crore project would be implemented. Gurgaon has been brought on the global map and is known by different names like millennium city, global city, Smart City. The Government has planned its integrated development, he said.
The Chief Minister said that he is very happy to announce the formation of GDA, a long-awaited demand for the city, and that all necessary formalities will be completed within two months once a formation process begins.
Clamour had been growing for setting up of GDA, and Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, who is also the local MP, had been supportive of it.
The Chief Minister said that after the GDA comes into existence, elections for Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) will be conducted. The present councillors’ five-year tenure ended in June.
He informed that Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari will soon launch a project for construction of underpasses or flyovers at IFFCO Chowk to ease traffic congestion on National Highway number eight connecting Delhi and Gurgaon, Signature Tower and Rajiv Chowk in Gurgaon. Also, the construction of Manesar to Kundli expressway would begin within this month.
Manohar lal said that a Real Estate Regulatory Bill would soon be notified.He also claimed that Haryana has jumped from 14th to seventh place in ease of doing business and the target is to make it reach fifth spot in the next few months. Gurgaon is among those five cities that have been chosen for implementing start-ups for employment. A start-up warehouse incubation centre would also be made functional in Gurgaon, said he.
In reply to a question, he said that there is a plan to have metro rail service from Sector 22, Dwarka to IFFCO Chowk and between HUDA City Centre and Sohna Road. A smart grid project has been prepared to supply electricity round-the-clock to Gurgaon. City Bus Service would also be introduced in big cities including Gurgaon so as to promote public transport system, the Chief Minister said.
He added that 125 services have been introduced through e-Disha and 11,000 PGT teachers have been transferred with a click of a button. Also, the result of Haryana Civil Services was declared within three hours of completion of interview recently.