Chandigarh July 16: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today approved the proposal to create a new post of Engineer-in-Chief (EIC), Buildings.

He will look after the works relating to buildings as well as Coordination and Court cases pertaining to Buildings.

The Cabinet also decided that the existing post of Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works (Buildings and Roads) Department will be re-designated as Engineer-in-Chief, Roads who will look after the work of Roads and Bridges and Court cases relating to these two subjects and all the residual issues or works of the department.

It has also been decided that Chief Minister will be authorised to allot the Establishment Work to any one of the two Engineer-in-Chief at any point of time and make him the Head of Department.

Chandigarh, July 16 – The Extension Lecturers working in the colleges of Haryana called on the Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma here today, for increasing their honorarium.

The Extension Lecturers said that the Haryana Government has increased their honorarium from Rs 25,000 to Rs 57,700 per month on the principle of Equal Pay for Equal Work for which they thanked the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal and Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma.

On this occasion, the Extension Lecturers also honored the Education Minister with a memento.