Heated exchange of words was witnessed in Haryana Vidhan Sabha over the issue of poor educational infrastructure in the State. The Congress was cornered by both BJP and INlD on Tuesday for failing to improve educational infrastructure in the State during their ten years rule in Haryana.
In a reply to a question, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma informed the House that a total of 1526 new schools were opened while 1532 new schools were constructed in various districts during last ten years.
The statistics tabled in the house showed that only eight new schools were opened and three new schools were constructed in Jind during last ten years. In Rohtak only 15 schools were opened, followed by 19 new schools in Sonepat, 26 in Jhajjar, 34 in Rewari, 44 in Hissar. Maximum number of 267 schools were opened in Mewat.
As far as colleges are concerned, 45 new Government colleges were opened while 21 Government college buildings were constructed during the ten years rule of Bhupinder Singh Hooda led Congress Government in Haryana. Not a single new Government college was either opened or constructed in Faridabad and Gurgaon in last ten years, as per the information provided by the State Government.
No permission for eye camp: anil Vij
A recent eye camp in Haryana's Panipat district, where 19 elderly patients got severe eye infection and could be facing blindness, was held without permission from the health as well as district authorities, said Health Minister Anil Vij while replying to calling attention motion on this issue raised by MlA Kuldeep Sharma.
The State Government will consider giving compensation to the patients who developed an eye infection after being operated at Navjeevan hospital Panipat on March 11, he said. Vij informed that NGO Samaj Sewa Samiti Samalkha, Panipat, has been running since about 1987 and was never registered with the District Blindness Control Society, Panipat. An FIR has already been lodged against them.
Haryana Govt to fill 61,000 posts
About 61,000 posts are lying vacant in various departments in Haryana Government. There is shortage of staff and process for filling up of vacant posts would be started very soon, said Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma while replying to a question in Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.
He said that the State Government had constituted Haryana Staff Selection Commission and all vacant post would soon be filled up.