Paying rich tributes to Maharishi Valmiki on Samrasta Diwas, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Saturday announced that a Sanskrit University will be set up at village Mundri in the district after the name of Maharishi Valmiki where luv Kush Tirath is also situated.
He also announced that from the next year, State level functions would be organised in the State to commemorate the anniversaries of three great saints namely Maharishi Valmiki, Sant Kabir and Sant Ravidas.
Addressing a gathering, he also announced that to further promote the name of these three great saints; awards would be instituted in their names in the field of education, literature and sports. Besides, he also announced that Government residential senior secondary schools would be opened at each district headquarters in the State to impart quality education to the students.
The Chief Minister also announced a grant of `5 crore each to three assembly segments of the district namely Kaithal, Kalayat and Guhla for various development works and gave approval for the widening of eight kilometer long road at Cheeka.
He said that to enable the children of scheduled caste families to get quality education, the State Government has decided to provide relaxation of ten per cent marks in the eligibility criteria for getting scholarship under Dr. Ambedkar Medhavi Chhattar Yojna. We will also provide laptops to the girl-students belonging to scheduled caste families, he added.
Manohar lal claimed that when he took over the reins of the State Government one year back, the society was divided in the name of regionalism, caste and creed, rich and poor and educated and uneducated. But, he took this challenge and worked with the spirit of Haryana Ek-Haryanvi Ek to usher in a new era of development and prosperity by taking along the people belonging to all sections and regions of the society.
Describing the upliftment of the poor and downtrodden as the foremost priority of his Government, the Chief Minister said that opportunities would be first made available to those who are socially and economically backward owing to any reasons. He said that people belonging to scheduled castes families being socially and economically backward, the State Government’s endeavour is to ensure their progress in every sphere. For this, new schemes and programmes were being implemented, he added.
He said the State Government is committed to fill the backlog in reserved Government jobs and assured the Government would make sure that the people belonging to the scheduled caste families get the benefit of reservation fixed for them. Blaming the previous Government, he said that the previous Government did not make any arrangements in this regard which led to the problem of back log in reserved Government jobs.