Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that village level social audit committees would be set up in the State to ensure transparency in the development works.
He said that the bills of various development works would be presented before these committees and the payment of only those bills would be made which would be approved by these committees. Manohar lal while addressing a public meeting at village Dahar in Panipat said that the social audit committees would comprise of village Sarpanch, Panch, ex-Sarpanch and retired Government officers who would check the bills pertaining to the development works. He said that this would not only ensure transparency in development works of the Government, but also keep a check on corruption.
He made it clear that he would not tolerate corruption at any cost and urged the people to lend their support in this endeavour so that entire amount released by government spent only on welfare works. While describing today as a historical day for village Dahar and the area, he said that with laying the foundation stone for the shifting and modernization of Sugar Mill, 25 years long pending demand has been realized. He said that a sum of Rs 270 crore would be spent on the shifting and modernization of this Sugar Mill.
The Chief Minister said that crushing capacity of this Mill would now be made double that is from 1,800 tone cane per day (TCD) to 3,500 TCD thus benefitting the farmers in a big way as they would be able to take their entire produce of sugarcane to this Mill. He said that besides the crushing of sugarcane, 18 MW of electricity would also be generated in this Mill. Apart from this, the production of Ethanol would also be done.
He suggested that the instead of banking upon only on traditional crops, the farmers should adopt alternative farming like horticulture, floriculture etc so as to increase their income. Apart from this, they could also opt for poultry farming, fish farming and bee keeping through which they could earn more on less available land. While referring to the prices of sugar, he said that this time the prices of sugar slashed down in the market up to Rs2,300 per quintal from Rs2,800 per quintal.
Manohar lal said that the State Government had been concerned about the financial position of sugar mills and therefore released the payment of Rs 300 crore to the Cooperative Sugar Mills in the State. He said that the government has also released a payment of Rs175 crore to three Private Sugar Mills.
On the demands raised by MlA Panipat (rural) Mahipal Dhanda, the Chief Minister announced various development projects worth Rs 60 crore which included construction of small roads, setting of PHC at Khotpura, polyclinic for cattle among others.
Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated Railway over Bridge on Delhi-Ambala Railway line on Jatal road constructed at a cost of Rs27.81 crore and SC/ST Wing of Government Industrial Training Institute, Naultha constructed at a cost of Rs450 lakh.