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Haryana sets up ‘mahila chaupals’ in the villages

CHANDIGARH: Haryana has become the first State in the country to set up ‘mahila chaupals’ in the villages for the women across the State. This was stated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh while addressing the audience at a workshop organised by Development and Panchayat Department at Karnal.

He said development works costing Rs.2,000 crore was being done by the Panchayti Raj Institutions in the State. He added that Rs.371.66 crore was being spent under Haryana Rural Development Fund, Rs.26.37 crore on the construction of chaupals for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes, Rs.8.26 crore on women chaupals, Rs.56 crore on construction of a rural stadium, Rs.129.64 crore under Local Area Development Fund, Rs.357.37 crore on the construction of streets, Rs.425 crore for the development of model villages, Rs.195 crore for the development works of slum area, Rs.175.39 crore under the total sanitation campaign and Rs.233 crore under the TFC Scheme.

Mr. Singh stressed the need to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme effectively so that more and more employment opportunities could be generated for the rural masses in order to accelerate the pace of development in the State.

While appreciating the sanitation programme of district administration, he said 140 panchayats were recommended to the Centre for Nirmal Puruskar.

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