Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday approved development works worth Rs 399.85 crore for the Public Health Department, covering drinking water supply, sewerage infrastructure and sewage treatment facilities across the state. Yaani, the package is worth about Rs 4 billion. The approvals were granted at meetings of the High Powered Purchase Committee and the High Powered Works Purchase Committee in Chandigarh, according to the state government.

Source: National Times Media

Proposals worth about Rs 419.34 crore covering 13 Public Health Department works were approved at a revised cost, resulting in reported savings of Rs 19.49 crore. Saini said the government was working to ensure an adequate supply of clean drinking water through waterworks, boosting stations and pipeline networks, and that floors of waterworks and boosting stations were being reinforced with reinforced cement concrete to prevent leakage. Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda, Public Health Minister Ranbir Gangwa and Irrigation Minister Shruti Choudhry were among those present.

Source: Urban Acres

Among the largest items, Rs 49.50 crore has been approved for a 100 MLD automated water treatment plant and a clear water reservoir at Chandu Budhera in Gurugram. In Shahzadpur in Ambala district, Rs 48 crore will be spent on sewer lines, a drinking water pipeline and a 3 MLD sewage treatment plant. Kamri village gets Rs 54 crore for a new waterworks, boosting station and a 2 MLD treatment plant, while Dhanori gets Rs 42.50 crore for a canal-based waterworks and a 2 MLD plant.

Rohtak's sewerage network accounts for several approvals — Rs 15.90 crore for spiral lining and RCC work on a major sewer line from Gandhi Nagar to Main Jhajjar Road, Rs 17.25 crore for repairing damaged sewer lines, Rs 16 crore in Singhpura and Rs 15 crore near Sukhpura Chowk. Hisar will get a 10 MLD sewage treatment plant and intermediate pumping station for Rs 33.95 crore, Ratia Rs 31.50 crore for RCC flooring of its main waterworks tank, Jagadhri Rs 24 crore for sewerage rehabilitation, and Ghasera village in Nuh Rs 17.90 crore for sewerage facilities and a treatment plant under the Mahagram scheme.

The committees also cleared other projects at the same meetings, including a Rs 29.91 crore rest house in Karnal, Rs 34.30 crore for two stormwater drains in Panchkula, a Rs 58.50 crore new Public Health Engineering Department building in Panchkula, and a Rs 30.85 crore upgrade of the Gurugram-Pataudi Road link towards the Dwarka Expressway, the reports said.