Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday dedicated 325 Amrit Sarovars and 70 Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances to the people of the state while inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 337 crore at a function in Naraingarh, Ambala district.
The projects include seven major healthcare initiatives worth Rs 114 crore, while 325 Amrit Sarovars, constructed at a cost of Rs 223 crore, were also dedicated to the people of Haryana.
Addressing the gathering, Saini said the occasion was historic not only for Naraingarh but for the entire state, as the inauguration and foundation laying of projects worth over Rs 337 crore marked another important step towards realising the vision of a “Swasth, Samriddh aur Viksit Haryana.”
Earlier, on the occasion of Doctors’ Day, the Chief Minister extended greetings to doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, ASHA workers and all healthcare personnel. He also paid tribute to eminent physician, freedom fighter and statesman Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, recalling his belief that “healthy citizens are the greatest strength of a strong nation.”
The Chief Minister said that with the projects launched on Wednesday, development works worth Rs 858 crore have been carried out in the Naraingarh Assembly constituency during the past 11-and-a-half years.
Listing key projects executed in the constituency, he said the Yamunanagar-Panchkula National Highway-73 had been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,112 crore. Other completed works include the Government Women’s College at Baragarh, the Fatehgarh-Raiwali road and bridge, the Naraingarh four-lane road, the Raiwali road and a modern sports stadium.
He added that Community Health Centre buildings had been constructed at Shahzadpur and Ambli, while Primary Health Centre buildings at Bhurewala, Dhanana and Chhansoli had been constructed or expanded.
Saini said a 50-bed hospital block, built at a cost of nearly Rs 32 crore, was inaugurated on Wednesday, taking the capacity of the Civil Hospital to 100 beds. A Block Public Health Unit, built at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh, was also inaugurated to strengthen healthcare services at the local level.
He further shared that a Regional Horticulture Research Centre of Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal, had been established at Chhansoli at a cost of Rs 13 crore.
The Chief Minister said this year’s state Budget had announced a new Government Polytechnic Institute for Narayangarh. He said that 10 new Industrial Model Townships (IMTs) are being established in Haryana, including IMT Ambala-Naraingarh.