Solve Sutlej-Yamuna link issue at earliest: Haryana to Centre

To resolve the issue of Sultej-Yamuna link (SYl) canal at the earliest, the Haryana Government has urged Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and also impressed upon the concerned advocates to strongly plead the case, Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar said on Monday.

Addressing the ‘Vikas Rally’ at Kanina in Mahendragarh, Khattar assured that the southern Haryana would get its due share of water not only through SYl canal, but also through Hansi-Butana canal.

The State Government would also negotiate with the neighbouring Rajasthan Government to once again get water of Sahbi river for southern Haryana, he said. Khattar said his Government had sanctioned `143 crore special scheme for the area of Rewari-Mahendragarh. He also announced to sanction `75 crore to lift water so as to ensure it reaches the tail-end and `18 crore to clean drains and canals of the area.

Referring to the demands put up by Union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, who is also MP Gurgaon and MlA Santosh Yadav, the Chief Minister announced to construct a 50-bed hospital at Kanina, sanctioned `2.5 crore primary health centre at Sehlanga and also announced to construct a women college.

He said the State Government has sanctioned `1,561 crore for construction of roads in the state. While referring to the demand for a housing board colony and a stadium, he said if land was provided for the same, the Government would undertake their construction. He said apart from constructing Vyayam Shalas in rural areas and queue shelters would also be constructed at all bus stops. The Chief Minister urged the people to realise their responsibility and pay their electricity bills on time. The Government was keen to ensure uninterrupted supply of power round-the-clock, he said.

Criticizing the previous Congress Government for misleading the people, he said the State Government would keep its promises and never make false promises to mislead the people. The previous Government projected Haryana as number one, but the truth was that Haryana ranked at number 11. The present Government would try to rank it higher. The State Government has taken a number of effective steps to check corruption and these have yielded encouraging results, he added.