Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday that Detailed Project Report is being prepared for new medical colleges in Jind, Bhiwani, Narnaul, and Gurugram districts.

Replying to a question asked during the question hour in the ongoing Budget session in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the Health Minister informed the House that the construction work of the medical college, Jind will be completed in about three years at a cost of Rs 663.86 crore. The Minister informed that the medical college will be constructed in two phases and Rs 524.23 crore will be spent for the construction of Phase - I, while an amount of Rs 139.63 crore will be spent on the construction of Phase - II.

He informed that Haryana State Roads and Bridges Development Corporation Limited is has been declared as an Executive Agency and it is preparing a detailed notice inviting tender for floating tender for the construction work.  He said that the boundary wall around the site of the construction of Jind Medical College has already been completed. According to its Detailed Project Report, an amount of Rs 663.86 crore will be spent, of which an amount of Rs 6,42,30,131 has been released.

The Minister while replying to a supplementary question asked  regarding the construction of the medical college in Bhiwani district, said that a Detailed Project Report has been prepared for  the  medical college and work will start within three months.

NO ROLL NO TO BE HELD. SAYS EDUCATION MINISTER

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the Haryana School Education Board will not hold the roll number of any candidate applying for board examinations. The Education Minister shared this information, while replying to the issues raised by a MLA during the budget session.

STRAY CATTLE MENACE TO BE CHECKED

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that to tackle the problem of stray cattle in the State, the Government has already initiated the process of setting up of Gaushalas and Cattle Pound and Cow Abhyaran across the State.  He said that the Government is also taking the help of NGOs to tackle this problem.

He said financial assistance of Rs 7100 is being given by the Development and Panchayat Department to those Panchayats who have sent the proposal for setting up the Gau-Grah and cattle pounds. He further shared that to accommodate stray cattle, 11 gaushalas and cattle pounds have been set up in Mahendergarh district.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Development and Panchayat Department, shared this while replying to a starred question asked during the question hour.

Chautala also informed the House that every month, animal fairs are being organized at selected 30 places across the State, while more than 300 animal fairs are held annually. He said that the State Government is committed to resolving the problem of Stray Cattle. He urged all the MLAs present in the House to resolve the problem of stray animals in their respective constituencies and bring the people forward for the same.

CONSTRUCTION OF 27 GOVT COLLEGE BUILDINGS

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said at present the construction work of the buildings of 27 Government colleges is going on and the construction work of the 6 colleges will be started soon.  Replying to a starred question, he said  at present there are 157 Government Colleges in the State out of which 11 colleges have been established in Rewari district. He also informed that the construction of Government College for boys in Rewari will be started soon and for which 5 acres of land has been given by Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran to Higher Education Department. An administrative approval of Rs 12 crore has also been received for the construction of this college building and the construction will be started soon, he added.