Twelve battery-driven buses would soon be operated on six routes in Karnal to provide relief to the people from the pollution caused by traffic. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday while reviewing the development works in Karnal directed officers to complete development works in the given time-frame. A sum of Rs65 crore would be spent on sewerage management and Rs15 crore would be spent on development of the drainage system.
In order to ease traffic congestion, a bye-pass from Uchani to Madhubhan would be constructed by the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department at the cost of Rs87 crore. The Chief Minister also directed that the six-km-long stretch of the road from liberty Chowk to Mira Ghati should be repaired. Tubewells would be dug at the cost of Rs51 crore in 27 unauthorized colonies and 15 villages which fall under the Muncipal Corporation area of Karnal to provide people safe drinking water, added the Chief Minister.