CM MEETS UNION MINISTERS IN NEW DELHI
New Delhi/Jaipur, The Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhra Raje during her Delhi visit met Union Minister for
Water Resources Ms. Uma Bharti, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Shri J.P. Nadda on
Wednesday. Smt. Raje strongly
raised the issues of the interest of Rajasthan which are pending centre level
and urged the Union Ministers to resolve the issues on priority basis.
During her meeting with
Union Water Resource Minister Ms. Uma Bharti, Smt. Raje urged Union Minister to take necessary action for early
constitution of a Special Bench on Presidential Reference in Ravi-Beas Water
issues. She said a proposal for enhancing the capacity of Head Regulator of
Indira Gandhi Feeder at Harike Barrage
is pending with the Punjab Government. She urged to Govt of India to issue directions to Punjab
Government to enhance the capacity of Head Regulator of IGF at Harike to 18,500 cusecs from its present capacity of
15,000 cusecs.
Smt. Raje urged the Union Minister for Water Resources
that Govt. of India makes efforts and persuades the Government of Haryana to
make consensus on MoU signed
between Haryana and Rajasthan. She urged that the Centre intervenes so that
Rajasthan gets its share in Yamuna Water from Tajewala & Okhala head works of Yamuna River. She also asked for 90 percent central
assistance for 85 blocks of 16 districts of Rajasthan under Desert Development Programme. She said approval must be given to remaining
36 schemes of the state under Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) of
Water Bodies with Domestic Support scheme of GoI on priority basis and asked for central assistance.
The Union Minister said
Rajasthan Chief Minister has strongly put forward various issues of Rajasthan
including drinking water and irrigation. She said efforts will be made by the
centre to settle these issues on priority basis.
More Central Assistance
Required for Development of Roads:
During her meeting with Union Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Smt. Raje urged for more central assistance for strengthening and renovation of roads in the State. She said Budget allotment under NH (OR) needs to be enhanced for the State from present allotment of Rs. 14.87 Crore to Rs. 75 Crore. She said without developing roads the pace of development could not be accelerated as roads are the main basis of connectivity.
During her meeting with Union Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Smt. Raje urged for more central assistance for strengthening and renovation of roads in the State. She said Budget allotment under NH (OR) needs to be enhanced for the State from present allotment of Rs. 14.87 Crore to Rs. 75 Crore. She said without developing roads the pace of development could not be accelerated as roads are the main basis of connectivity.
Smt. Raje said
Government of India is requested to issue direction to NHAI to maintain the
roads entrusted to them through Gazette Notification immediately after
Notification. She also urged that NHAI should be directed to reimburse the
expenditure made by the state government on maintenance of the National
Highways. She also said that directions should be issued to expedite 10
National Highway road projects which were assigned to NHAI.
After meeting she said
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister has assured her to solve the problems related to road development.
Central Assistance
Required for Cancer Care Centres and Medical Colleges:
During her meeting with Union Minister for
Health and Family Welfare Shri J. P. Nadda, Smt. Raje urged
to provide central assistance of Rs. 120 crore for establishing the proposed State Cancer Institute in Jaipur and Rs. 45 crore each for two other proposed Regional Cancer Care Centres in Bikaner and Jhalawar.
Smt. Raje also asked for the assistance for the proposed
plan to open super specialty wing in medical colleges of Bikaner, Kota and
Udaipur. There will be a cost sharing between Govt. of India, Govt of Rajasthan. The GoI will provide 75% share of cost of establishing
the centre.
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