Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while interacting with the people during the ‘Jan Samvad’ programme at Barna village in Kurukshetra on Wednesday, said that the sarpanches must hold meetings of the Gram Sabha once in three months. “The development works whose proposals will be passed and sent by the Gram Panchayats; will be completed under any circumstances,” he said.
Meanwhile, on the demand of the sarpanches, the Chief Minister directed the Deputy Commissioner to renovate the Village Secretariat of Barna village. Khattar said that the ‘Jan Samvad’ programme is the best medium to take feedback from the public; to inquire whether the benefits of the policies and schemes of the government are delivered on the ground efficiently. The State Government has brought many radical changes in the system by implementing various public welfare schemes, he added.
The Chief Minister further said that Rs 2.56 crore was given for development works in Barna village, under which roads, various chaupals, construction of Ambedkar Bhawan and other development works have been done. He said that now jobs are being given on the basis of merit in the state. In Barna village, 125 government jobs have been given, out of which 52 jobs are of the central and state government; while 73 jobs are from Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam.
He said that in the three Antyodaya Utthan Melas organized in Kurukshetra district in the past, loans have been provided to more than 2,500 people of families whose annual income was less than Rs 1.80 lakh, for self-employment.
Khattar said that today the subsidy for crops is being sent directly to the accounts of the farmers and they no longer have to make rounds of the middlemen. “This is the reason why people are trusting the government. The state government has motivated the farmers to give up paddy crop and the farmers are being given incentive at the rate of Rs 7,000 per acre for sowing other less water-intensive crops in place of paddy. As a result, 20 farmers of the village have availed the benefit of this scheme,” he added.
FLAGS OFF BUS FROM PEHOWA TO KARNAL
The Chief Minister flagged off a bus to ply from Pehowa to Karnal, via Abhimanyupur and Anjanthali villages; completing the demand of the people in less than 24 hours. On May 2, the people during the Jan Samvad programme in Kurukshetra’s Abhimanyupur village had demanded before the Chief Minister to ply a bus from Abhimanyupur village to Kurukshetra University and Karnal; on which the Chief Minister had immediately directed the General Manager of Roadways to prepare a route for the plying of the bus. The people expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for fulfilling their demand in less than 24 hours.
INTERACTS WITH WOMEN OF SELF-HELP GROUPS
The Self Help Groups (SGHs) of Barna village, Kurukshetra district have become self-reliant not only meeting its employment needs but also increasing the economic standard of all such families who need it the most. Notably, presently there are about 30 SGHs working in the village who have commendably managed to save Rs 20 lakh from the self-generated employment opportunities. The members of SHGs and their family members are engaged in various works including beauty parlour, boutique, clothes, dairy, utensil shops etc. Showering parsing on the members of these SHGs, the Chief Minister who specially met the members during a Jan Samvad said that Self Help Groups members are doing an excellent job in providing employment opportunities to the families who need it the most, along with taking care of their own families. Your efforts are pivotal in improving the needy families' financial condition, said Khattar. Meanwhile, Suman, who runs a self-help group in Barna village apprised the Chief Minister that SHGs in the village are not only taking care of their families by providing self-employment but are also playing a significant role in improving their economic condition.