Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said the state govt aims to make Haryana the country’s first fully developed state in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Viksit Bharat-2047 vision, claiming that 76 of the 217 commitments made in the Assembly election manifesto had been fulfilled within two years.Addressing a programme at Neeldhari Gurdwara Pipli Sahib in Kurukshetra district, Saini inaugurated four development projects worth Rs 13.36 crore and laid the foundation stones of two projects costing Rs 31.47 crore. The six projects, with a combined outlay of Rs 44.83 crore, will benefit Pipli, Ladwa and Thanesar.The key project is a Rs 22.47-crore sewerage system, including a 6.50 MLD pumping station, to address long-standing drainage and waterlogging problems in Pipli, Bir Pipli and colonies along the Pipli-Ladwa road.Two 33-KV substations at Sector 28 and Jogna Khera, built at a cost of Rs 12.25 crore, have been commissioned to strengthen power supply. Sub-health centres at Mirzapur and Dayalpur have also been opened to improve access to healthcare in rural areas.The government will spend Rs 9 crore on the renovation and beautification of KDB Road. The proposed Kurukshetra Dwar and Umri Dwar will provide a grand welcome to pilgrims visiting the religious town. Highlighting the district’s ongoing infrastructure development, Saini said a 50-bed civil hospital had been constructed in Ladwa, while the nearly Rs 400-crore elevated railway track in Kurukshetra had been dedicated to the public. A nursing college is also coming up at Kheri Ramnagar. He added that the Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of a Rs 164-crore Sikh museum in Kurukshetra.Saini said development must translate into tangible improvements in people’s everyday lives and assured residents that projects across the district would continue without interruption.MP Naveen Jindal said Haryana was poised to become a developed state by 2035 under Saini’s leadership, setting an example for other states. Former minister Subhash Sudha claimed development works were progressing at 10 times their earlier pace and announced that the Sant Shiromani Ravidas Yatra would reach Umri on November 25, where it would receive a grand welcome.
