Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, celebrating Diwali on Sunday with villagers of Marog in Bhoj Naita of Morni, said that Morni is a hilly area bordering Himachal Pradesh and has immense potential for tourism. “Morni is being developed from a tourism perspective. All necessary facilities are being provided by the State Government to the tourists coming here so that the footfall of tourists in this area increases,” he added.
Greeting the people of the State on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of light, Khattar expressed his happiness to celebrate Diwali in a remote village of Morni with the villagers. Morni is a hilly area of Haryana and as an ‘Sangathan Mantri’, he has visited this area numerous times, he said.
He said that due to the area's difficult accessibility, all necessary facilities like electricity, water, education and road connectivity are being provided by the State Government to the people in Morni, including village Marog, so that the people here do not face any kind of inconvenience.
“Morni is being developed from the point of view of tourism. Adventure activities have been started in Tikkar Tal. Apart from this, a Home Stay Policy has been implemented in Morni, due to which new employment opportunities have been created for the local residents,” he said.
He said that the ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’ has been started by the State Government, through which health, education, old age pension and other facilities have been directly linked so that all facilities can be made easily available. He said that due to the creation of ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’, now the person eligible for old age allowance will not have to run from pillar to post to avail the benefits of the scheme. He said that a person after attaining the age of 60 with an annual income of less than Rs 2 lakh automatically gets eligible for the Old Age Samman Allowance without any hassle.