"On the basis of population, two smart cities will be developed in Haryana for which parameters have been set and a survey will be conducted in this regard by July 21," Khattar said in Rohtak.
He said the cities, which fulfil the set parameters, will be kept in the category for developing them into smart cities. Some other cities, which also fulfil the parameters by next year, can enter the category of becoming smart cities.
For developing smart cities, facilities like infrastructure, education, medical facility, electricity, water and participation of people would be checked, he said.
Khattar said apart from smart city, the Centre has also initiated Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Awas Yojana where 500 cities throughout India will be developed under AMRUT and a target has been set to construct two crore houses for all in urban areas by next seven years under Awas Yojana.
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He said that 500 cities were being identified under AMRUT.
Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister said the issue of filling up management quota seats by private medical colleges through separate entrance examination would be taken up with Indian Medical Council.
By promoting medical education, the state government wants to produce a large number of doctors so that there is no shortage of doctors in the state, he said, adding the so far about 100 doctors have been appointed to meet the shortage of doctors in medical institutions.
112 doctors have been deputed as per requirement of various medical institutions in the state and the process is on to recruit 100 new doctors.
Earlier, the Chief Minister visited General Hospital in Rohtak and inspected the AYUSH Department.