Haryana set to join hands with private firms to develop NCR

13 Mar 2010 11:38 PM PST; Chandigarh

Haryana has decided to become a Joint Venture (JV) partner with private players on the line of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to give a push to development of facilities and infrastructure in the national capital region cities of the state.

The initiative was taken as most entrepreneurs are interested in setting up their units near Delhi, finance minister Capt Ajay Singh said while presenting the state budget.

The extension of 7.05 km long Delhi-Gurgaon Metro link to the Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar, linking Mundka (an area in outer Delhi) with Bahadurgarh, the last township of Haryana bordering Delhi and extension of Delhi Metro to Faridabad are some of the projects the government has taken up this year,the minister said.

“The JV would be set up to monitor and expedite such projects which would not only benefits lakhs of people in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Bahadurgarh but also improve the infrastructure,” Ajay Singh said.

Besides, the Haryana budget has a special allocation for augmenting drinking water supply in Gurgaon, Manesar, Bahadurgarh, Sampla and Badli townships. For creating investment opportunities in the state, the budget has also allocated funds for the extension of the IMT, Manesar, allotment of land to SEZ for the IT industry in Gurgaon and development of Roz Ka Meo, an area falling under Mewat district. The government has proposed to earmark rupees 1,200 for the completion of these projects. Gurgaon is one of the cities selected for development under JNNURM and for developing city bus services,the finance minister said.

Creation of Haryana infrastructure development board (HIDB) headed by CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also been planned to give a boost to infrastructure development. Souce: ET