Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that a State level Joint
Horticulture Wing would be created to beautify the cities and maintain greenery. This
Wing will also have its own nursery and other resources.
The Chief Minister said this while chairing the Faridabad Metropolitan Development
Authority (FMDA) meeting to review development works held at Faridabad. Khattar
informed that ensuring holistic development of Faridabad city, development works
worth Rs.450 crore have been approved in today's meeting. Along with this, the budget
of Rs. 586 crore has also been approved. The money for this will be raised from
different sources.
He said that as Faridabad city is developing and the population of the city is also
increasing, so it is natural that the demand for water will also increase. To tackle such a
situation, directions have been given to prepare a detailed report on better water
supply.
The Chief Minister said that recently 24 villages have been included in the Faridabad
Municipal Corporation. The Panchayats of these villages after the acquisition of land
has earned an amount of Rs. 350 crore. Now in today's meeting, a decision to spend
this money on the development of these villages has been taken after considering the
demand of the villagers regarding the same.
The Chief Minister said that at present there are three bus stands in Faridabad city.
Among them, Ballabhgarh Bus Stand is being developed as Inter State Bus Stand. The
work of the NIT bus stand is also in the final stages. Besides this, a Bus stand is also
proposed on 10 acres of land in Sector-12. Now directions have been given for
identifying the land for a local bus stand in Greater Faridabad as well, Khattar added.
The Chief Minister said that Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA)
had allotted 50 buses to the city bus service and now a proposal for adding 150 new
mini and big buses to this fleet is being considered.
The Chief Minister said that in the future focus will be on plying more electric buses.
He said that in the last meeting, FMDA was directed to make arrangements for filling up
the water tankers for supplying water. Now a portal has been launched today.
Directions have been given to prepare the feasibility report of three underpasses to
connect the city from east to west at the earliest. Besides this, a plan has been
prepared for the development of more than 20 roads in the city, Khattar added.