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Panchkula, August 21
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of nine development projects worth Rs 93.29 crore in Panchkula district during a programme held here today.
Khattar laid the foundation stone of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation building to be constructed at a cost of Rs 45.43 crore on 2.09 acres in Sector 3 and inaugurated the bicycle-sharing project of Rs 2.09 crore.
He also inaugurated the newly constructed institutional sports complex building at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, at Rs 13.44 crore. The fully air-conditioned building has been constructed on 53.30 square metres and has facilities such as elevator, conference room, library and canteen. He also inaugurated the extension building of the Director General Prison Headquarters constructed at a cost of Rs 3.04 crore.
Besides, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of 3-km-long Jaswantgarh road to be built at a cost of Rs 6.35 crore. This would benefit more than 10,500 persons in Jaswantgarh and eight nearby villages. The foundation stones for widening and strengthening of a road from Guru Gobind Singh Marg to Taka Khatauli section at a cost of Rs 8.96 crore and a milk chilling centre being set up at Rs 1.80 crore by the Milk Union Ambala for milk-producing farmers of 47 villages of Kalka region were also laid. The centre would have the capacity to process 20,000 litres of milk per day, he added.
Earlier speaking on the occasion, local MLA Gian Chand Gupta thanked the Chief Minister for giving special attention to the development of Panchkula district. He said development projects worth more than Rs 2,000 crore had already been completed in the district.
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