Chandigarh, August 8 – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that from now onwards the number of electricity bills of the government departments will automatically be sent to the departments.  For this, the provision will be made in the State Budget and funds will be provided to the departments in the month of April itself.

The Chief Minister said this while replying to a question raised by MLA Sh. Bharat Bhushan Batra during the question hour on the first day of the Monsoon Session of the State Vidhan Sabha held today.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that many times complaints regarding the pendency of electricity bills of some government departments are received, hence to resolve these problems a provision will be made in the State Budget itself and the consolidated amount of annual electricity bills of government departments will be sent to the departments.

Replying to another question, the Chief Minister said that in the year 2014-15 an announcement was made regarding the allocation of Rs. 5 crores to the MLAs for carrying out development works in their respective constituencies during their five years tenure. However, some MLAs raise questions in the House that they have not received an annual amount of Rs. 5 crores, said Sh. Manohar Lal.  

The Chief Minister clarified that an amount of Rs 5 crore would be given to an MLA once in a tenure of 5 years and not every year.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that there are four to five MLAs instead of sharing the list of the development work that is also being done in their areas every time make noise in the House for not getting the said amount. 

He said that the list of development works which have been done at the behest of the MLAs will be made available to them within seven days and the list will have the complete details of the amount along with the works. Therefore, if the MLAs whosework is pending due to balance payments, then the same will be immediately released.