Haryana State PCS

• 19 Nov 2021

Odd-Even System for Vehicles in Haryana

Why in News

• On November 18, 2021, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said in Palwal that Delhi and its adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) would introduce an odd-even system for vehicles to tackle the menace of air pollution.

Key Points

• The Chief Minister said that to check the rising level of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the state government has decided to implement an odd-even rule in four districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar from next week.
• Under the odd-even scheme, alternate days are marked for vehicles whose number plates end in odd and even numbers respectively. Vehicles with registration numbers ending in odd numbers are allowed on the roads on odd days and vehicles with even numbers on even days.
• Khattar said that pollution is caused by industries, vehicles and other reasons. In Haryana this time the incidents of stubble burning have reduced rapidly.
• On the steps taken to deal with the problem of air pollution, the Chief Minister said that an Engineer Committee has been constituted in Gurugram to suggest ways to deal with this problem.

Model Village Sui

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• On November 17, 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Sui, a model village developed under the self-inspired Adarsh ​​Gram Yojana, in Bhiwani district of Haryana.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that many development works have been done in Sui village under the Adarsh ​​Gram Yojana and with these development works the main objective of the self-inspired Adarsh ​​Gram Yojana of the government is also being fulfilled.
• He said that Sui village has got a modern look with a new lake, park, auditorium, library, roads, streets and government school. A cluster of small industries will be set up in Sui and adjoining villages on 50 acres under 'One Product-One Block', which will create new employment opportunities.
• Industrialist SK Jindal, a native of Sui village, has set an example for others by completing many development works in the village. Similarly, 205 people of Haryana living abroad have expressed their desire to get development work done in their native villages.
• According to the demand of the villagers, a road will be built on 5 Karam Path from Sui to Dang village through a marketing board, a project will be made to ensure clean drinking water supply in the village.
• The Chief Minister said that a water treatment plant would also be built to prevent the dirty water of Bhiwani city from entering the village.