Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday inaugurated three National Highway projects worth Rs 3,449 crore at Gurugram. The three projects include the six-lane Sohna elevated highway constructed on National Highway 248 of about 22 km in length, built from Gurugram to Sohna in Gurugram district. An amount of Rs 2,009 crore has been spent on the construction of this project. Apart from this, a four-lane road was constructed from Rewari to Ateli Mandi on NH-11. An amount of Rs 1,193 crore has been spent on the construction of this 30.39 km long route. Similarly, a 4-lane project (NH-709) extension and NH-148B of about 25 km length from Kherdi Mor to Haluwas village via Bhiwani bypass was also inaugurated, for which an amount of about Rs 247 crore has been spent. Gadkari was the chief guest in this event.
TWO CRORE SAPLINGS TO BE PLANTED THIS YEAR, SAYS CM
Addressing the 73rd state-level Van Mahotsava in Kurukshetra, Khattar said this year two crore saplings will be planted. At present, the forest area of Haryana is 7.14 per cent. To increase it by 20 per cent, it is important to plant more and more trees and it is the responsibility of all of everyone to increase the green cover, he said. He said the government has also started a scheme to provide compensation of Rs 10,000 per acre for the farmers for planting one acre of orchards for three years. The Chief Minister said a plan has been made to plant medicinal plants in 50,000 acres of Morni area with the help of Patanjali Yog Peeth.
ARMS LICENSE SERVICES INAUGURATED
To bring in more transparency and efficiency in the working of Haryana Police, 14 Arms License Services and 6 Arms and Ammunition Training Institutes related to Arms License at RTC Bhondsi, Gurugram has been started on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said that several e-governance reforms have been brought about by the present State Government and now taking a step further, Arms Licensing Services and Arms and Ammunition Training Institutes have been started. He said earlier people had to make rounds of offices for getting the arms license. Not only this, several corruption complaints were also reported regarding the licensing process. Therefore to overcome all these difficulties, 14 services related to obtaining a license have been made online.