Haryana's High-Powered Works Purchase Committee (HPWPC) has approved development projects worth Rs 219.91 crore at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh on Saturday, The Impressive Times and National Times Media reported. Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel also attended the meeting.

Source: The Impressive Times

Agencies had quoted a combined Rs 233.68 crore for the proposed works. After negotiations, the committee cleared them at Rs 219.91 crore (yaani about Rs 2.20 billion), a saving of Rs 18.81 crore for the state, the reports said. Of the 13 agenda items placed before the committee, 11 proposals were approved and two were deferred.

Waste processing accounts for some of the largest approvals. A municipal solid-waste processing project in Gurugram was cleared at Rs 38.79 crore, while a similar project at Partapgarh village in Faridabad was approved at Rs 17.14 crore. A Rs 18.70 crore project will process daily municipal waste for the Narnaul cluster, covering Narnaul, Mahendragarh, Kanina, Nangal Chaudhary and Ateli Mandi, according to the Times of India report carried by Urban Acres.

Source: Urban Acres (citing The Times of India)

Among the other approvals, a banquet hall in Ward 20 of the Panipat Municipal Corporation was cleared at Rs 17.94 crore, and a model road from Agra Chowk to the end of Shardhanand Park in Palwal at Rs 9.28 crore. The committee also approved the shifting of milk dairies in Hisar and the upgrade, repair and maintenance of green belts and parks, including parks for persons with special abilities. Overall, the approved urban local body projects cover solid-waste management, road construction and repair, water supply, sewerage, drainage, street lighting, green belts and parks across Haryana, the reports said.