Sonepat (Hr): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday said that soon gates will be installed at all 110 unmanned railway crossings in the state to prevent untoward incidents.
Apart from this, Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) would be constructed wherever possible and for this, the state government has completed all formalities with Railway Ministry, Khattar said adding that the work on this project would be started as soon as they receive funds. The Chief Minister stated this at the inauguration of ROB on Gohana Road, costing about Rs 24 crore.
Khattar also said that he had a word with the Railway Ministry regarding the stoppage of Shatabdi train at Sonepat Railway Station and that 50 benches would be installed at the station premises out of Member of Parliament funds.
Khattar made several announcements while promising that his government would undertake all round development by doing away with caste and region-based discrimination. He said there will be solid waste management plants in every district in the state under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', besides promising to set up a government college for girls in Sonepat and a town park on 17 acres of land in Sector 16. He also announced to give Rs five crore for strengthening the sewerage system of the city.
Later in Rohtak, Khattar said a medical college will be set up in every district of the state.
He made the announcement while addressing the 34th Annual Conference of North Zone Indian Orthopaedic Association organised at PGIMS.
The Haryana Chief Minister also announced the decision to increase the salary of post-graduate senior resident doctors engaged on contractual basis at PGIMS, Rohtak, from Rs 31,000 to Rs 57,000; of non post-graduate senior resident doctors from Rs 23,000 to Rs 40,000; and of assistant professors from Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000.
Besides, he also gave sanction for 85 posts of nurses and 40 posts of nursing sisters at PGIMS and approved all posts in the trauma centre which was set up in 2007.
