Celebrating his birthday in a special way, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday gave employment gift to the youths of the state by sending job offers to 896 youth through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN). Extending best wishes to those who received the job offers, the Chief Minister said that the youth should discharge their duties with honesty and integrity.
Khattar also announced an amount of Rs 2 crore to the Haryana State Council for Child Welfare, pointing out that this amount is being provided to be spent by the Haryana State Council for Child Welfare Council on the welfare of orphans.
Birthday wishes for the Chief Minister started pouring in from the morning, with a large number of people gathering at the Chief Minister’s residence to extend their wishes. Khattar performed yajna at his residence along with saints and gave the message of environmental cleanliness and wished for the happiness and prosperity of the residents of Haryana. “Entire state is my family and my life is dedicated to every Haryanvi. I will always work with the spirit of public welfare,” he added.
On the occasion, Transport Minister, Mool Chand Sharma, Cooperation Minister, Banwari Lal, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Om Prakash Yadav, BJP state president, OP Dhankar, Alwar MP, Mahant Balaknath, Gita Manishi Swami Gyananand ji Maharaj, Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, DS Dhesi, along with many saints, senior administrative officers and party workers were present.
CELEBRATES HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY AT PANCHKULA’S SHISHU GREH
Khattar celebrated his 70th birthday with simplicity at Shishu Greh of Haryana State Council for Child Welfare, Sector 15, Panchkula and advised the children to continue their studies. He also presented gifts to the children. The Chief Minister inquired about the facilities and various activities being provided for the children at Shishu Greh. He also inquired about the virtual classroom being run for the children from Class VI to X. Presently, 50 children are studying through a virtual classroom.
DEDICATES BIRTHDAY TO SOCIAL WELFARE
Dedicating his birthday to social welfare, the Chief Minister appealed to the saints to cooperate with the state government to curb the social evils spread in the society. The saints appreciated the campaign being run by the state government for water conservation and de-addiction and assured the Chief Minister of their cooperation for the success of these virtuous works. A special meeting was organized on the subject of water conservation and de-addiction campaign with saints at the Chief Minister’s residence.
During the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department, Rajesh Khullar apprised about the reality of the drug abuse problem through a presentation. He informed that as per the instructions of the Chief Minister, the state government is taking strict action against the drug peddlers. For this, the government has constituted a special task force. Anti-narcotics cells have been formed at the district, range and state levels and more than 5,000 arrests have been made in Haryana, he added. Till January 2023, properties worth Rs 37.29 crore of persons involved in drug offences have been attached and the process of attaching property worth Rs 15 crore is underway.
Khullar informed that a mobile app 'Saathi' has been created to prevent illegal sale of medicines. Also, software HAWK has been developed for database of criminal activities and Inter-State Drug Secretariat has been established at Panchkula. He informed that the state government has prepared a special action plan for de-addiction and 52 de-addiction centers have been opened in the state. Besides, de-addiction wards have been opened in government medical colleges and de-addiction centers have been set up in civil hospitals of 13 districts.
Apart from this, toll free anti-drug helpline number 9050891508 has been started on which citizens can give information and ‘Dhakad’ programmes are also being run to save the youth from drugs.