Foundation stone laying of 22 colleges for girls on Jan 22: CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today announced that foundation stone for 22 colleges for girls will be laid on January 22.
"The foundation stone for 22 colleges for girls in the state will be laid on January 22, 2017," he said at a public meeting in the district's newly-created Badli sub-division.
Khattar announced several development projects for Badli Assembly constituency, including a railway line from Farrukhnagar in Gurugram to Charkhi Dadri via Jhajjar, and a 20 km four-lane road from Delhi's IGI Airport to Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway.
Besides, the constituency will get a heli-pad near the National Cancer Institute at Badhsa and 5 MW solar power plants will be set up at Badhsa and Kaloi villages.

Union Steel Minister Birender Singh said the State had achieved a major milestone in the development of Badli constituency by according it status of sub-division, tehsil and block.
He said a Rs 2,000 crore scheme has been prepared to supply water from Yamuna River to southern parts of Haryana within the next two years.

The Chief Minister said he would soon call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on construction of Sutlej-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal at the earliest.
An all-party delegation from the state has met President Pranab Mukherjee in this regard, he said.
Highlighting initiatives taken by the state government in its two years, he said special emphasis has been been laid on fruit, vegetable, flower and dairy production in the National Capital Region to increase income of farmers.

The sex-ratio in Haryana has improved under the 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' programme and new development projects have been initiated in all regions, Khattar said.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal said the central and state governments have taken several initiatives in the interests of farmers.