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Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda today directed to strictly deal with those who encroach upon government land and also who indulge in any unauthorized construction. Mr. Hooda was presiding over the review meeting of Urban Local Bodies department here today. He directed that the Municipal Commissioner should remain vigilant to avoid any unauthorized construction in their respective jurisdiction. Mr. Hooda also directed to ensure the beautification of towns and cities of the State as these reflects the development taken place in the State. The Chief Minister directed to complete the survey work under the Rajiv Awas Yojana also at the earliest. On this, Mr. Hooda was informed that Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) had approved to cover three towns of the State namely Faridabad, Gurgaon and Panipat under the scheme. HUPA had also approved Rs. 16.86 crore for Slum Free City Planning for these towns. It was also informed that the respective Municipal Commissioners had been directed to conduct Bio Metric, GIS Mapping and Socio-economic surveys in these towns so that a Detailed Project Report should be sent to Government of India. The Chief Minister was apprised that under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme of Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), an 18 MLD capacity Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Bahadurgarh had been set up and made functional. Apart from this, the work on 10 MLD capacity STP at Ambala Sadar, Sewerage project at Ambala Sadar, 36 MLD capacity STP at Bahadurgarh, 5 MLD capacity STP at Charkhi Dadri, 6 MLD capacity STP at Narnaul, Solid Waste Management (SWM) at Rohtak, SWM at Yamunanagar and Jagadhari and SWM at Karnal and Indri were in progress. It was informed that Sonepat had been selected under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme in Satellite towns for two projects namely Municipal Solid Waste Management Scheme and Augmentation of water supply for Sonipat through ranney wells. With the augmentation of the water supply project in Sonepat, there would be no problem of drinking water in the times to come. Mr. Hooda was apprised that for the convenience of general public, the Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon had introduced E-delivery of various citizen services. He was informed that these services would be introduced in all the Municipal Corporations within next six months, the process of which was already going on. The State had a total of 76 Urban Local Bodies including nine Municipal Corporations, 14 Municipal Councils and 53 Municipal Committees. The budget outlay of the department for the year 2012-13 had been fixed at Rs. 1654.20 crore . Chief Parliamentary Secretary Ms. Sharda Rathore, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Chattar Singh, Chief Secretary Mr. P.K. Chaudhery, Additional Principal Secretary Dr. K.K. Khandelwal, Principal OSD Mr. M.S Chopra, Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies department Mr. Ram Niwas and several other senior officers were also present in the meeting.
