Gurugram gets infra boost with new roads, school buildings

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 188 crore in Gurugram district.

After chairing the District Grievance Redressal Committee meeting, the Chief Minister reached the PWD Rest House, where he inaugurated two key road projects in the Pataudi constituency. These include the Panchgaon to Farukh Nagar Road via Jamalpur double-lane road constructed at a cost of Rs 55.05 crore, and the upgraded Haily Mandi to Farukhnagar via Mehchana road built at a cost of Rs 13.18 crore.

In the Sohna constituency, he inaugurated the Alipur to Haria Heda road via GA road and the temple road at Raisina village, constructed at a cost of Rs 8.23 crore. Besides this, he inaugurated the BPDS road to Nunera road built at a cost of Rs. 32.63 lakh, and the Lohsinghani to Chamanpura road completed at a cost of Rs 28.26 lakh.

Foundation stones were also laid for the redevelopment of GA Road to Dhumaspur via Nayagaon at a cost of Rs 13.34 crore and for the Sohna-Abhaypur-Lohatki-Khedla and Damdama to Rithoj road rejuvenation projects worth Rs 16.56 crore.

Marking a significant step in urban infrastructure, the Chief Minister inaugurated a 100 MLD capacity Water Treatment Unit-4 established by GMDA at Chandu Budhera at a cost of Rs 63.18 crore. This new unit will enhance clean drinking water supply to over 4.5 lakh families across 34 sectors (Sector 81 to 115) in Gurugram. Canal water will be treated and supplied directly to households. Once operational, areas like Laxman Vihar, Tikona Park, New Colony, Jyoti Park, Arjun Nagar, Sector 12A, Dayanand Colony, etc., will receive daily water supply at the rate of 100 litres per person.

Foundation stones were laid for new school buildings under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.

These include projects in Daulatabad village of the Badshahpur constituency at a cost of Rs 5.03 crore, Dhanwapur village at a cost of Rs 2.39 crore, Sohna at a cost of Rs 4.70 crore, Ghamroj village at a cost of Rs 3.40 crore and Silani village at a cost of Rs 3.12 crore.

Southampton University campus inaugurated

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Southampton University Campus in Gurugram on Wednesday. After the inauguration, both leaders also visited the campus.

The university, ranked among the top 100 globally, would offer four undergraduate courses (BSc Business Management, BSc Accounting and Finance, BSc Computer Science, BSc Economics) and two postgraduate courses (MSc Finance and MSc International Management).

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