New Delhi [India], April 15 (HBTV): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the state budget will be a strong step towards making Haryana a developed state, adding that the government is working in line with people’s needs and will maintain the pace of development.
Targeting the opposition, the Chief Minister said that opposing merely for the sake of it is not appropriate, adding that public trust remains with those who deliver. He said the budget will not disappoint anyone and will accelerate the state's development threefold.
Replying to the discussion on the Budget 2026–27 in the Assembly, Saini also raised questions over decisions taken during the Congress government regarding the construction of 24-metre-wide roads in Gurugram. He referred to concerns raised by an opposition MLA about the lack of connectivity through such roads between Sectors 58 and 115, stating that the arguments presented were not factually correct.
Clarifying the issue, the Chief Minister said that between 2007 and 2014, licences were granted for 547 colonies spread over more than 7,000 acres in Gurugram between Sectors 58 and 115, based on 4-karam-wide revenue paths. He added that although land for the proposed 24-metre-wide roads was taken from licensees, the land falling between two licensed colonies was neither acquired by HSVP nor was the cost of land acquisition included in the External Development Charges payable by builders.
He informed that the area of these incomplete 24-metre-wide roads is around 1,150 acres and questioned why the then Congress government did not take necessary decisions at the time. As a result, while colonies continued to develop, the network of connecting roads remains incomplete.
The Chief Minister said that the lack of timely and appropriate decisions has affected the traffic system and significantly hampered the development of urban infrastructure. In the absence of properly developed internal roads, it has become difficult for local authorities to provide basic amenities such as water supply, sewerage, stormwater drainage, and street lighting in an integrated manner.
He added that in many places, laying pipelines, establishing sewerage networks, and developing drainage systems faced obstacles because the road network required for such infrastructure remained incomplete. The Chief Minister said this reflects the lack of a comprehensive and visionary planning approach for Gurugram’s expansion during that period.
(ANI)