Should be allowed to develop areas beyond 100-km NCR radius, says Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Chandigarh, December 5

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the state has asked the Centre that only the area up to 100 km should be kept in National Capital Region (NCR) radius and the area beyond will be developed by the state on its own level.

"When the NCR was formed, people thought that they would get a lot of facilities, but the facilities are not as per their expectations," an official statement quoting the Chief Minister said.

He claimed he'd suggested to the central government that only the area up to 100 km should be kept in the NCR.

The Chief Minister said in Karnal on Saturday that the state government will develop the rest of the area on its own.

At a public hearing programme, he said such programmes were halted due to the Covid-19, but they have been resumed again.

About 700 people collectively put forward 300 issues in total, out of which directions were given to the officers concerned on the spot to resolve most of them.

The Chief Minister said the BJP-JJP coalition government is working with strength. He said the Central government is forming a committee on the minimum support price (MSP), in which farmers, economists, agricultural scientists, representatives of the Central and state governments will be part of the committee.

NCR currently covers 150-175 km and includes 14 districts in Haryana, eight districts in Uttar Pradesh and two districts in Rajasthan, plus their rural areas.

The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) approved the Draft Regional Plan-2041 policy, which proposes paring down the National Capital Region to 100 km radius, in October. 

— Agencies