Inaugurates and lays foundation stones for projects worth Rs 825 crore from the holy town of Kurukshetra
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today dedicated several development projects for the people of Haryana. He inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 19 projects worth Rs 825 crore from the holy city of Kurukshetra.
These included the inauguration of five nursing colleges at a cost of Rs 262.51 crore, 84 residential quarters at Jind Police Lines, the PWD guest house and block in Narnaul, along with the foundation stones for 11 projects totaling Rs 562.49 crore.
The Union Minister launched all 19 projects simultaneously by pressing a button during a state-level exhibition programme organized by the Home Department in Kurukshetra district on Friday. Haryana Chief Minister Sh Nayab Singh Saini was also present at the event.
The Union Home Minister inaugurated five nursing colleges located in Kheri Ramnagar village, Kurukshetra (Rs 44.40 crore); Dherdu village, Kaithal (Rs 43.97 crore); Khedawali village, Panchkula (Rs 39.13 crore); Dayalpura village, Faridabad (Rs 45 crore); and Arwa village, Faridabad (Rs 47.44 crore). He also inaugurated a two-lane bridge on the Delhi-Hisar road at RD 69.3 on the JLN Feeder and BSB Canal constructed at a cost of Rs 12.03 crore. Additionally, he inaugurated 42 Type-2, 36 Type-3, and 6 Type-4 residential quarters at the Police Lines in Jind, as well as the PWD Rest House in Narwana, Mahendragarh district.
He also laid the foundation stones for several key healthcare infrastructure projects, including a 100-bed hospital in the Asandh sub-division of Karnal at a cost of Rs 76.19 crore; a maternal and child care block at the Civil Hospital in Sonipat costing Rs 138.12 crore; and a maternal and child care hospital in Nuh at an estimated cost of Rs 33 crore. In addition, foundation stones were laid for critical care block hospitals in Karnal (Rs 20.74 crore), Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat (Rs22.53 crore), and Nuh (Rs 22.58 crore).
In addition, the Union Home Minister laid the foundation stones for several key infrastructure projects, including the strengthening of the Rohtak–Kharakoda–Delhi border road at a cost of Rs 25.04 crore; a dairy complex on Kanhali Road in Rohtak costing Rs 13.88 crore; a district jail building in Charkhi Dadri estimated at Rs 97.73 crore; and another district jail building in Panchkula at a cost of Rs 86.17 crore.