Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi and invited him in the upcoming ‘Happening Haryana Global Investors’ Summit’ to be held at Gurgaon on March 7 and 8.
Manohar lal also thanked the Prime Minister for his appreciative words about significant improvement in sex ratio in Haryana during the radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday.
While interacting with the mediapersons later, the Chief Minister said that Prime Minister has assured that he would make efforts to be present in the investors’ meet.
The Chief Minister said that during the meeting, he has given all information about this Summit to the Prime Minister.
Discussions were also held in detail about Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.
He said that under this corridor project, three projects included in Haryana are Global City Gurgaon, Mass Rapid Transit System between Gurgaon-Manesar and Bawal and establishment of Integrated Multi-Modal logistic Hub in southern Haryana.
Manohar lal said that the establishment of Mass Rapid Transit System would involve cost of Rs20,000 crore of which 80 per cent of the amount i.e. Rs16,000 crore would be spent by Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA). For this, in-principal approval has also been given by Japanese company.
He added that the Prime Minister had shown great interest in Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, spoke closely on various issues and assured full support to take this campaign further.
For the first time in ten years, the sex ratio in Haryana clocked an upward trend, topping 900-mark with 903 girls for every 1,000 boy in December 2015. Over 12 districts have recorded sex ratio above the 900 mark, the Chief Minister added.