Title - Haryana gets projects worth 1,337 crore

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stones and inaugurated by remote control several projects worth Rs. 1,337.76 crore.They laid the foundation stone of Jind-Sonepat railway line, four-laning of Jind section of National Highway-71, four-laning of the bridge over the Delhi-Bathinda railway line crossing on the Narwana-Jind-Rohtak Road near Patiala Chowk and link road between Jind-Safidon section and Jind-Rohtak Road.They also inaugurated the new building of the Government College for Women and Centre of Excellence in the ITI.It was claimed that after the projects were completed, the distance between Jind and Delhi would be reduced which would prove beneficial to all sections including industry. Moreover, the four-laning of the Jind section of NH-71 would facilitate people from Punjab going to Delhi.Dr.Joshi said that his Ministry had launched various projects worth Rs.10,000 crore in Haryana while the erstwhile National Democratic Alliance regime had not even spent a single paisa.Mr.Hooda announced several projects for the development of district Jind which included the setting up of Haryana Institute of Education, Training, Research, an industrial estate, 200-bedded hospital and a Gymkhana Club, bus stand and a Rajiv Gandhi Park and so on.