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Hooda grants Bawal subdivision status
Sunit Dhawan/TNS

Bawal (Rewari), February 24
The Bawal block of Rewari district will become a subdivision by August 15. The block will also get a new bus stand, stadium, independent grain market and college of agriculture.

The adjoining block of Khol will get a primary health centre at Khori village, a women’s college at Pali and a polytechnic at Damlawas. Manethi will get the status of a sub-tehsil.

Announcements to this effect were made by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while addressing a well-attended “vikas rally” here today.

Overwhelmed by the sizable gathering at the rally, Hooda also announced a grant of Rs 10 crore for the development of the Bawal area and Rs 15 lakh for each ward of the local municipal committee.

Coming down heavily on the leaders of the Opposition parties, the Chief Minister asked the people to question the BJP and INLD leaders on what they had done for their welfare.

Citing official figures, Hooda claimed that more money had been spent on the development of Rewari and Bawal area during the past eight years than what had been spent here ever since the creation of the state till the swearing-in of his regime.

The Chief Minister once again remained non-committal on the demand for the upgrade of the regional centre at Meerpur into a full-fledged university raised by senior Haryana Cabinet minister and Rewari MLA Capt Ajay Singh Yadav. Hooda merely said the matter would be given a serious consideration.

Earlier, former Haryana minister Jaswant Singh raised several issues of local concern. He maintained that the roads of the area were in a poor condition and the canal network also needed to be revamped to ensure adequate supply of water.

HPCC president Phool Chand Mulana presided over the meeting. Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh and several MLAs owing allegiance to the ruling party also addressed the gathering. The CM also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of a number of developmental projects in the area.