Chandigarh, October 9- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today chaired a meeting of the High Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC), High Powered Works Purchase Committee (HPWPC), and Departmental High Powered Purchase Committee (DHPPC) held here today, approving contracts and purchases of goods more than Rs. 1645 crores. After negotiations with various bidders in the meeting, the state government saved around Rs. 29 crores.
Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, Energy Minister, Sh. Ranjit Singh, Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal, Development and Panchayats Minister, Sh. Devender Babli and Minister of State for Labour, Sh. Anoop Dhanak also remained present in the meeting.
In the High Powered Purchase Committee meeting, approval was given for the construction of 48 Type-II and 24 Type-III (triple-story) houses by Haryana Police Housing Corporation in Old Police Lines, Hisar. Additionally, contracts were approved for installing streetlights in villages, purchasing 63 kVA transformers, buying PP bags for sugarfed, and providing fiber internet services in villages under the BharatNet project. Approval was also granted for the purchase of 36 sewer cleaning machines with a capacity of 2,000 liters, which will ensure sewage cleaning in narrow lanes.
Furthermore, contracts approved in the meeting primarily include the work of 4-laning of Hisar-Balsamand road, strengthening of the Uchana to Litani road, construction of residential buildings in Sainik School, Gothra Tappa khori in Rewari district, providing sewerage facilities, Sewage Treatment Plant and augmentation water supply system in village Jamalpur, district Gurugram and upgradation of roads in sector-1, 2, and 3 at Industrial Growth Centre, Saha, district Ambala.
Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Industry and Commerce Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Sh. A.K Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Chairman, Power DISCOMS, Sh. PK Das, Advisor (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Sh. Devender Singh, Director General, Supplies and Disposals Department, Sh. Mohammed Shayin, Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Sh. Saket Kumar and other senior officers also remained present on this occasion.