Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday called upon the people to help make the ‘Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao’ programme a success in the State. He said that education of women has a multiplier effect in the overall development of the society.
Keeping this in view, the Haryana Government is implementing the programme in an effective manner, the Chief Minister said.
The Chief Minister was speaking during the 28th annual function and ‘Yajurved Parayan Mahayagya Samapan Evam Shilanyas Samaroh’ of Gurjar Kanya Gurukul Sansthan, Deodhar, in Yamunanagar.
He planted a sapling in the courtyard of the Gurjar Kanya Gurukul Sansthan and laid the foundation stones of ‘Vigyan Bhawan’ and women’s hostel ‘Yashoda Bhawan’ of Gurjar Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Deodhar.
With a view to encouraging Gurjar Kanya Gurukul Sansthan’s efforts to promote women’s education since 1984, Manohar lal announced to give a sum of Rs 1 crore from his fund, of which Rs 50 lakh would be made available during this financial year and the rest would be made available during the next financial year.
Accepting the institution’s demand for 24-hour power supply, the Chief Minister said that this would be done by connecting the villages surrounding the Institute to a separate special feeder under the ‘Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon’ scheme of the State Government.
Presiding over the function, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Kanwar Pal, announced to give a sum of Rs 11 lakh to the Gurjar Kanya Gurukul Sansthan from his fund for promotion of education.
While speaking as the chief guest during the ‘Shashtipoorti Mahotsav’ function organised on the occasion of completion of 60 years of the Saraswati Shikshan Sansthan at Jagadhri, the Chief Minister said that quality-oriented education should be imparted to children, which would instill the feeling of patriotism in them.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of ‘Vir Savarkar Bhawan’ to be built on the premises of the institution and gave away prizes to meritorious students of the Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior School. He also announced to give a sum of Rs 21 lakh to the Saraswati Shikshan Sansthan. He later gave away degrees to about 600 students of Guru Nanak Girls College, Santpur, and expressed happiness over the positive results of the government’s efforts.