Haryana government is set to formulate a scheme to permanently solve the shortage of drinking water and proper drainage in villages of the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday. "With implementation of the joint scheme of the Irrigation and Public Health Engineering Departments, there would be no shortage of basic amenities in any part of the state," Khattar said at a 'Jan Vikas' rally at Brig Hoshiar Singh stadium . Hailing Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district as the land of heroes, the CM paid tributes to the martyrs, especially Brig Hoshiar Singh, who sacrificed their lives for the country. The chief minister dedicated Rs 93-crore development schemes for the people of Bahadurgarh. Khattar said sex ratio had improved in the state due to public awareness of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme'. He expressed his gratitude to Khap Panchayats or caste councils and social institutions for making the programme a success. With the use of Information Technology, many irregularities in online services have been removed, he said, adding that 6.04 lakh names of ineligible ration card holders had been deleted. Watch Video: What's making news Similarly, by linking the social security pension scheme with Aadhaar, names of 1.5 lakh ineligible beneficiaries have been removed, he said. Regarding recent recruitment in the Police Department, he said despite applications from 3.25 lakh candidates, no recommendation was received from any MLA that "underscores "transparent and clean governance." Speaking on the occasion, Haryana's Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said, "BJP governments at the Centre and in the state were dedicated to work for Cow, Gita and Gaytri". "Under the Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gau Samvardhan, the people of Haryana have started taking interest in rearing indigenous cows," he said. Notably, Haryana had passed a strict cow protection law last year.
