Haryana

• 27 Oct 2023

30 Water Supply and 9 Sewerage Projects Approved for 15 Districts

Why In News?

• Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal on October 23, 2023 has given administrative approval to 30 water supply and 9 sewerage projects worth more than Rs. 1300 crore for 15 districts with a view to strengthen water supply and sewerage system.

Key Points:

• In these 15 districts, 30 water supply projects costing Rs 1018 crore and 9 sewerage projects costing Rs 283 crore will be implemented by the Public Health Engineering Department under 'AMRUT 2.0'.
• These districts include Ambala, Hisar, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Jind, Panchkula, Rohtak, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Charkhi Dadri, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Palwal.
• The Chief Minister said that 18 water supply projects worth more than Rs 425 crore of Public Health Engineering are in the pipeline, which will be approved soon.
• The Chief Minister gave administrative approval of Rs 14.15 crore for the purchase of land through e-Bhoomi portal for construction of canal-based water works for Rania town of Sirsa district.

'Safe Journey' is a New Initiative in Haryana-112 Regarding Women's Safety.

Why In News?

• In a meeting held on October 25, 2023 under the chairmanship of Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor, it was informed that the police department is soon going to launch a new initiative 'Safe Journey' i.e. 'Safe Journey' on Haryana-112 regarding women's safety using state-of-the-art technology.

Key Points:

• The new initiative 'Safe Journey' being launched by the Police Department for women safety will further strengthen the sense of security among women and they will be able to feel safe while traveling.
• Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor said that Haryana-112 is now coming up with the concept of 'safe journey' for women passengers with the aim of making women feel safe even outside their homes.
• Under this, women will now be able to register themselves by dialing 112 and share their travel information with the team of Haryana-112 in advance. For this, women will share their details, such as name, mobile number, place of departure, place of arrival, expected time of departure and arrival etc. After this, the Haryana-112 team will be in touch with the woman. During this time, the location will be tracked by the team members.
• In the meeting, ADGP Telecom-IT informed that work is also being done on the WhatsApp number to provide a safe environment to women and through this, the people of the state will be updated about Haryana-112 from time to time.
• Through this number, information about the facilities and services of Haryana Police will also be made available to the general public, so that people can take advantage of them as per the need.
• Along with this, stickers are also being put up by the Haryana Police on public transport, such as Ola, Uber and Auto, to provide a safe environment for women in the state, in which other information including the name of the auto driver, mobile number, vehicle number etc. has been provided.
• ADGP Telecom-IT said that by October 31, a database of auto drivers and public transport of most districts in the state will be prepared.
• It was informed in the meeting that in September 2023, more than 5 lakh 22 thousand calls have been received through Haryana-112. The Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) has been fixed from 8 minutes to 15 minutes in urban and rural areas.

124 PM Shree Schools of the State Inaugurated

Why In News?

• On October 25, 2023, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated 124 PM Shree Schools in the state in the first phase at Tagore Auditorium of Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak.

Key Points:

• During this time, he also launched the School App of the Education Department and the mobile application of the Nipun Program from Tagore Auditorium of Maharishi Dayanand University, which will greatly benefit the students.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal said that 4000 playway schools started in the state will now be known as 'Bal Vatika School'. Similar schools will also be started by the government in the future. Anganwadi centers have also been converted into these schools to give education to children in sports.
• He said that in order to further improve the level of education in the state, 124 PM Shri schools will be started from the new session in the first phase and with the inauguration of 128 schools in the second phase, the number of these schools will increase to 252.
• Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the number of Model Sanskriti Schools has been increased from 22 to 147 by the state government. In the first phase, an amount of Rs 85 crore has been provided by the Central Government for 124 schools of PM Shri In the second phase, the process of selection of 128 PM Shri schools has been started.
• Referring to the meaningful results of the Super 100 scheme launched in the state, he said that so far 252 poor children have been selected in NEET, 127 children in IIT and 26 children in MBBS courses. Nda coaching is also being started soon by the government.