Gurgaon Is Icon of Haryana by : INVC Team Published on : 10 Jul, 2016 01:39 AM IST

Gurgaon is Icon of Haryana By : INVC Team Published On : 10 Jul, 2016 01:39 AM IST

INVC NEWS Haryana, The Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal today announced that villages excelling in sanitation will be rewarded with Rs One Lakh prize money. A competition in terms of maintaining sanitation will be organized among villages of the state. Mr Manohar Lal was addressing a function in Gurgaon, organized to unveil first of phase of free wi-fi zones and launch of green Gurgaon Campaign. With unveiling of first phase, four locations of Gurgaon city have got free wi-fi facility. These are Sadar Bazar, Village Sarhaul, Leisure Valley park area of Sector 29 and MG road. This facility is being provided by MCG with support of Airtel. Addressing on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that Gurgaon is Icon of Haryana and for developing this city into a Super Smart City, such facilities are required. He said that with free wi-fi facility one can avail e-services at his home. He congratulated Bharti Airtel for initiating this service and said that it should extend this free wi-fi facility to other big cities of the state like Faridabad, Panipat, Rohtak, Panchkula, Hisar and Karnal etc. Giving presentation on how the free wi-fi facility will work, the CEO of Airtel Delhi NCR Dhruv Bhagat said that the wi-fi is open to all users provided they have compatible device. A user has to just enable wi-fi in his device settings and search for ‘MCG powered by Airtel’. Users will be able to enjoy a free daily quota limit of 30 minutes per day per device. One can continue to use the wi-fi services after 30 minutes also for which they will be charged a nominal amount. He said that in the second phase, this facility would extended to Cyber city, Galleria Market, Sector 14 and Mahavir Chowk- Bus Stand. Referring to Green Gurgaon Campaign, the Chief Minister exhorted the people to contribute in Swachh Bharat Campaign. He said that in order to involve and motivate the general public the Government has also started numerous schemes. He said that the Haryana Government has also announced a prize of one lakh for the villages which become open defecation free (ODF) and maintain good sanitation. The government has fixed target of making 8 districts ODG out of 21 districts by coming November 1, 2016 and Gurgaon district is one of them. He elaborated on the ill effects of defecating in open. The Chief Minister today also launched Green Gurgaon Campaign by planting a sapling in premises of Apparel House in Sector 44, under which the Multinational Companies will maintain and beautify the green belts and 100 meters of their surrounding areas. On the behalf of MNCs, Executive Director of Dell Deepak Ohlyan gave a presentation on Green Gurgaon Campaign. The Additional Commissioner of MCG Mr Amit Khatri and Additional Deputy Commissioner Vinay Partap Singh also addressed. The Chief Minister also presented a Tamra-patra to Mr Mahavir Bhardwaj in recognition to his services for restitution of democratic rights during the emergency period. On this occasion, Minister of PWD Rao Narbir Singh, MLA Sohna Tejpal Tanwar, Chairman of Haryana Housing Board Mr Jawahar yadav, Chairman of Dairy Developmet federation ltd. Mr G.L. Sharma, BJP Media Coordinator Surajpal Ammu, Divisional Commissioner Dr D Suresh, Police Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk, MCG Commissoner and Deputy Commissioner TL Satyaparkash, Vice President of Sapient Capt. Rajesh, CSO of Genpact Col. Vinit Sehgal, Representative of Nasscom Ms Nidhi were also present.

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