Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal said that if any house in the state does not have a domestic

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Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that if any house in the state does not have a domestic gas connection, then such eligible family will be given gas connection in the next one month.

Chandigarh August 27 – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that if any house in the state does not have a domestic gas connection, then such eligible family will be given gas connection in the next one month. He directed the department to provide connections to the eligible families under the Ujjwala scheme by running an intensive campaign. Along with this, he also directed to find solutions to the problems of the farmers related to the Fasal Bima Yojana. The Chief Minister was presiding over a state level meeting of Disha Committee here today. During the meeting, various schemes of the Central and Haryana Government were reviewed in detail.
Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, MPs, Sh. Subhash Chandra, Sh. Sanjay Bhatia, Sh. Dharambir Singh, MLAs, Sh. Devendra Babli and Smt. Nirmal Rani were present during the meeting. MP, Sh. Arvind Sharma joined through video conferencing.
Drinking water is a fundamental right
The Chief Minister said that drinking water is a fundamental right and it is our responsibility to provide clean drinking water to every person. He directed the officers to make drinking water available in every house while working seriously in this direction. He said that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the work of providing drinking water connection to every household of every village would be completed before November 1, 2021. Dhanis are also being covered under this scheme.
Meeting at district level every three months
The Chief Minister directed that meetings of district level Disha Committees must be held every three months. At the same time, he said that all the Deputy Commissioners should also be included during the state level meetings so that any kind of problem being faced in the districts can be discussed immediately.
Special Covid vaccination camp for school staff
Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal directed to organize special vaccination camps for the staff of the schools in view of the COVID pandemic. He said that now the situation is slowly returning to normal, yet in view of the possibility of re-emergence of this pandemic, these camps should be organized for the school staff at the earliest. During this meeting it was told that till now about 1.5 crore people have been vaccinated in the state. Of these, 36 lakh people have also received the second dose.
No student should drop out
The Chief Minister said that no student should be deprived of school education in the state. He directed the concerned officers to target children between the age of 3 to 18 years so that no student drops out. He said that in order to secure the right to education, it is our responsibility to ensure that every child attends the school.
Old age pension facility available at village level itself
The Chief Minister directed the officers to make necessary arrangements to ensure that the benefits of Social Security Samman Pension Scheme are given to the elderly and other beneficiaries at the village level itself. It was informed in the meeting that provision of Common Service Center is being made in the new village secretariats being built at every village level. In this manner it will be easy for the villagers to take the benefits of government schemes.
Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S. Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue & Disaster Management and Consolidation Department, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Power Department, Sh. P.K. Das, Additional Chief Secretary to Public Works (B&R) and Architecture Department, Sh. Alok Nigam, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Sh. Devender Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Sh. Amit Jha, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Dr. Mahavir Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary, Dr. Amit Agrawal and other senior officers were present were present during the meeting.