Summary:
Chandigarh, Dec 4 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said he has suggested to the Centre that area in the radius of up to 100 km around Delhi should be kept in the National Capital Region (NCR).
He also said that when the NCR was formed, people of far-off districts thought that they would get a lot of benefits through inclusion in the NCR.
But it was not according to their expectations, a state government statement quoted the chief minister as saying.
In this regard, he has suggested to the Centre that an area up to 100 km should be kept in the NCR, the statement said.
The chief minister was speaking after redressing public grievances in Karnal.
Of the 22 districts of Haryana, 14 fall in the NCR, which includes some far-off districts well beyond 100 km radius like Charkhi Dadri, Karnal, Jind and Bhiwani.