Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 679 various projects worth more than Rs 3623 crore across all 22 districts, at a state-level programme in Panchkula. Along with this, Khattar also launched the Haryana Antyodaya Parivar Parivahan Yojana (HAPPY) at a total cost of about Rs 600 crore. On the occasion, Khattar also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 20 major projects via video conferencing. In addition, Ministers, MPs, and MLAs inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects in district-level functions organized in all other districts. Among the 20 major projects are the foundation stone laying for a 4-lane elevated road on the Delhi-Agra-Delhi Vadodara Expressway Ballabgarh Mohana Road in Faridabad costing Rs 214 crore, foundation stone of flyover from Khalsa Chowk to Haryana Nursing Home in Karnal to be built at a cost of Rs 127 crore, inauguration of canal based water supply scheme for 61 villages at Ateli Mandi in Mahendragarh at a cost of Rs 114 crore, inauguration of water supply scheme for 35 villages in Nimar Badhesara of Charkhi Dadri at a cost of Rs 112 crore, Fatehabad Jail to be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, laying the foundation stone of Transport Bhawan to be built at a cost of Rs 87 crore in Panchkula and construction of H.L. bridge on Yamuna river to connect Bilaspur to Khojkipur at a cost of Rs 87 crore, besides others.   Khattar said that residents of Panchkula will soon enjoy the convenience of the Metro rail. The Metro project is underway to serve the Tricity area, encompassing Panchkula, Chandigarh, and Mohali. Panchkula is making continuous progress and is also benefiting from the airport infrastructure in Chandigarh. As part of this initiative, the Chief Minister inaugurated the Haryana Antyodaya Parivar Parivahan Yojana (HAPPY) today. This scheme offers free travel up to 1000 kilometers for one year on Haryana Roadways buses to Antyodaya families. Khattar, who also holds the portfolio of Finance Minister, in Budget Speech had announced the Haryana Antyodaya Parivar Parivahan Yojana (HAPPY) scheme to benefit poor families to avail free travel, up to 1000 kilometres every year in Haryana Roadways Buses. 

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