Haryana Government would soon launch a campaign to encourage the people to donate land for various development works and social causes in the State, said Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday.
There are a large number of people in the State who wanted to donate land for various social causes like construction of Dharamshalas, Gaushalas, Educational institutes and construction of girls’ hostels, said Manohar lal while addressing the concluding session of 2-day Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Prashikshan Mahaabhiyan in Kurukshetra.
He said that the people could also get any development project undertaken in their area provided the land is made available to the Government for the same. Such similar campaign had been launched by Vinoba Bhave as a result of which thousands of acres of land had been donated by the people throughout the country.
There is no shortage of land in the State and people are ready to give land for development works, he added.
While referring to the inter-State water issues, Manohar lal said that he has met Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to resolve the issue of Hansi-Butana canal. Similarly, the State Government is making efforts for early hearing of Satluj Yamuna link (SYl) Canal case, which has been lying pending for Presidential reference.
He said that probably this is the single case in the country which has been lying pending for Presidential reference for the last ten years. Delhi is demanding more water from Haryana due to increasing pressure of population from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. Haryana is ready to give its share of water to Delhi but other States should also contribute to meet the water requirement of Delhi from Satluj, Vyas and Ganga rivers, said the Chief Minister.
Talking about the road network in the State, the Chief Minister said that with a view to strengthen the road network and to boost industrialisation in the State, a mega highway would be constructed from Delhi to Amritsar via Gohana, Pundari, Kaithal, Guhla Cheeka and ludhiana in Punjab.
He added that he had already discussed this proposed highway with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
The Chief Minister also said that he has raised demand for a separate High Court for Haryana. He has demanded that Judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court should be in the ratio of 50:50 that is 50 per cent from Punjab and 50 per cent from Haryana instead of 60:40 at present. Similarly he has also raised the issue for setting up of a separate bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court for South-west Haryana.
Acting on this, a Committee of Judges from Haryana has been constituted to look into this aspect, he said
On the issue of providing quality education, he said that the State Government has decided to teach Gita Shlokas in the schools to infuse moral values among the children. Apart from this, Sholak of other Granths may it be from Bible or Kuran could also be taught in the schools provided they infuse values among the children, he said .
The Chief Minister emphasized that there is a need to change the mindset of the people to deal with challenges like casteism in the State. He also exhorted the BJP workers to work with the spirit of ‘ Haryana Ek Haryanvi Ek’ to usher in a new era of prosperity in the state.
He also urged all the 20,000 active BJP members to popularise the schemes and programmes of the State Government so that the people could take benefit of the same.