Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday said that the strength of women in the state police force has increased from 6 per cent earlier to 10 per cent and it would be further increased to 20 per cent. Manohar Lal was addressing the gathering at Swachh Shakti-2019 program in Kurukshetra.
He said that with the blessings of people of the state, the BJP would form the government in the state for second consecutive term and after forming the government, the strength of women in the state police force would be further increased to 20 per cent.
Highlighting the achievements of his government in Haryana, Manohar Lal said, “To provide safe and secure atmosphere to the women, several steps have been taken including setting up of all women police stations.” Earlier, there were only two women police stations which have now increased to 30, he said.
The Chief Minister said that Haryana is first state in the country which has been declared Kerosene free.
Under the Ujjwala Scheme, 99.3 percent households in the state have been provided LPG connection and remaining 0.7 percent households would be covered in the next one month, he said.
He added that a reward of Rs 100 each has been announced for those giving information about any eligible household who is still deprived of LPG gas connection. Earlier, welcoming the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Haryana, Manohar Lal assured that the State Government would leave no stone unturned in achieving the targets given by Central Government.
He said that the State Government has taken several steps for successful implementation of Swachhta Abhiyan. Both rural and urban areas have been declared ODF and now we are heading towards ODF plus.
In the urban areas two cities namely Rohtak and Karnal have been included in first 100 cities of the country in achieving Swachta. This has become possible only with the active contribution of women of the state, he added.
While referring to various steps taken for the welfare of the women in the state, he said that with a view to promote higher education in the state, 44 new colleges have been opened during the last four-and-a-half years tenure of the present State Government which included 29 girls colleges.
“We have a target to set up one women college at a distance of every 20 kilometer to ensure that our daughters need not travel a distance of more than 10 kilometers to reach their colleges. Apart from this, Mukhyamantri Chhatra Parivahan Yojna has been started to provide free travel facility to the girl students,” the Chief Minister added.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti said that at present 5.5 lakh villages, 28 states and 600 districts have been declared ODF. She said that the Central Government has resolved to make the country ODF free by October, 2019.
Uma Bharti said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has provided employment opportunities to the women also as till now 50000 women have become ‘Rani Mistri’. She also urged the people to make keep their ponds, village streets clean and contribute in making clean and new India.