Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that the work on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway project, which had been hanging fire for several years, has been started again and the construction company has assured that the expressway would be completed and opened for traffic in the next 400 days.
The Chief Minister while speaking at a public meeting in Kharkhoda at district Sonepat said that he himself had conducted aerial survey of the expressway and heavy machinery had been deployed at all places for completion of the construction work.
He said that industrial areas would be developed along the expressway, and Kharkhoda would emerge as a global player in terms of development. Besides, discussions with Wanda Group of China for investing in a project at IMT near KMP are in the final stage, he added.
Referring to the two-year tenure of the present State Government, he expressed satisfaction that the State Government had completed its promises, including those which had seemed difficult to complete.
He said that under its decision to make the State kerosene-free, Haryana Government had decided to distribute free lPG cylinders to six lakh women. This target would be achieved in eight districts by November 1, he added.
The Chief Minister announced development works of about Rs 125 crore for Kharkhoda. These included construction of vyayamshalas in 10 villages of Kharkhoda Assembly Constituency, Mini Secretariat, judicial complex and PWD bhawan among other projects.