CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday that providing a roof over every family is the utmost priority of the state government, therefore the officers of the Housing for All department should complete all the work related to this at the earliest.
The chief minister while chairing the department-wise review meeting on the work of budget announcements held on Tuesday directed that the Housing for All Department should complete the survey work in a time-bound manner. Besides this, the department should also prepare a scheme in this regard at the earliest.
Khattar said that the department should prepare a city-wise list as to how many houses are required to be constructed. Accordingly, the process of land purchase will be started, he added.
During the meeting, he also reviewed the department-wise announcements made during the budget with the officers concerned. He directed them to complete the work on these announcements at the earliest.
The chief minister also directed the officers of the School Education Department, Higher Education Department and Skill Development and Industrial Training Department to provide transport facilities to the girl students studying in schools, colleges, and ITIs.
The chief minister directed the Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department to increase the number of Model Sanskriti Schools. He said that this work should be done expeditiously. Along with increasing the number of such schools, the quality of education imparted in these schools should also be further improved.
Ensure benefit of food testing facility reaches every family
The chief minister said that today every family needs a food testing facility. Therefore, the Health Department should further strengthen the reach of its testing facility so that any person can easily avail the benefit of testing facility for water, milk, sweets, or other edible items.
The process of this testing should be simplified so that the report is also received at the earliest. If the testing facility will be made available in nearby areas, then cases of adulteration will also be curbed, said Khattar
Organize medical checkups of the families having income upto Rs. 1.80 lakh
CM also directed the officers concerned to organize free medical health check-ups for family members coming in the income slab of upto Rs.1.80 lakh. Medical checkups should be done during the month in which the family members have birthdays, he directed. He said that the process of organizing health camps will run throughout the year and will cover all family members of the said eligible group. The Chief Minister further directed the Health Department to start this scheme at the earliest.
Prepare a model to set up ‘Sarais’ in big government hospitals
The Chief Minister has directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department to immediately prepare a model for setting up ‘Sarais’ in big government hospitals across the state.
The department should prepare a blueprint of the land, and design of these ‘Sarais’. Besides this, a plan should also be formulated regarding the functioning and maintenance of these ‘Sarais’. The work regarding this should be done immediately, he said.
