Chandigarh/Alive News: The Haryana government has approved 13 projects worth ₹399.85 crore under the Public Health Engineering Department to improve drinking water supply, sewerage systems and wastewater treatment across the state. The projects are expected to save ₹19.49 crore against the estimated cost of ₹419.34 crore.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini chaired a meeting of the High-Powered Purchase Committee and High-Powered Works Purchase Committee in Chandigarh on Wednesday. He said the government was working to ensure an adequate supply of clean drinking water through new waterworks, boosting stations and pipelines. The floors of water storage tanks at waterworks and boosting stations are also being strengthened with reinforced cement concrete (RCC) to prevent water leakage.
The approved projects include sewerage rehabilitation in Rohtak, where ₹15.90 crore will be spent on upgrading a major sewer line from Gandhi Nagar to Main Jhajjar Road. Another ₹17.25 crore has been approved to repair and renovate damaged sewer lines. Additional works include sewer line improvements in Singhpura at a cost of ₹16 crore and repairs near Sukhpura Chowk for ₹15 crore.
In Shahzadpur, Ambala district, ₹48 crore has been approved for laying sewer lines, constructing a 3-million-litre-per-day (MLD) sewage treatment plant (STP), and carrying out drinking water-related works. Jagadhri will receive sewerage rehabilitation and pipeline works worth ₹24 crore, while ₹42.50 crore has been sanctioned for a canal-based waterworks, a 2-MLD STP and related infrastructure in Dhanouri.
Other major projects include ₹31.50 crore for improvements to the main waterworks tank in Ratia, ₹33.95 crore for a 10-MLD STP and intermediate pumping station in Hisar, and ₹54 crore for a new waterworks, boosting station and other facilities in Kamri village. A new Public Health Engineering Department building will also be constructed in Panchkula at a cost of ₹58.50 crore.
Under the Mahagram scheme, sewerage facilities and an STP will be developed in Ghasera village in Nuh district for ₹17.90 crore. A 5-MLD waterworks will be built in Asrawas village of Mahendragarh district at a cost of ₹25.49 crore.
More Infrastructure and Development Projects Approved
The committee also approved the construction of a Lokayukta building in Panchkula for ₹18.40 crore and a TB hospital in Ambala for ₹22.80 crore. A rest house in Karnal, a sports stadium with a synthetic track in Pichopa village of Charkhi Dadri, and an academic block at Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University in Jind were also cleared.
A 224-bed hostel for Scheduled Caste students at Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, will be constructed at an estimated cost of ₹14.50 crore. The government also approved a building for the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority in Panchkula for ₹16 crore.
Two stormwater drains in Panchkula, costing approximately ₹34.30 crore, were approved to improve drainage. In Chandu Budhera, Gurugram, an automated 100-MLD water treatment plant and clear water reservoir will be built for ₹49.50 crore.
The meeting also cleared warehouse projects in Cheeka, Dhandur, Hansi and Julana, road improvement works, and a convention centre in IMT Sohna. The convention centre project, spread across five acres, will include an auditorium, shops, a 50-room hotel and parking facilities, with an estimated cost of ₹51 crore. The Gurugram-Pataudi Road will also be upgraded and strengthened via Gadoli and the Dwarka Expressway at a cost of ₹30.85 crore.
Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda, Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana, Public Health Engineering Minister Ranbir Gangwa and Irrigation Minister Shruti Choudhry attended the meeting along with senior government officials.
