CHANDIGARH: The high power purchase committee of the Haryana government has approved purchases worth Rs 1,000 crore. A total of 23 agendas were placed in the meeting, out of which 18 were approved.
CM Manohar Lal Khattar said decision was taken regarding the printing of children’s books from Class I to VIII. The process of installing jammers in jails, purchase of chairs, tables and cupboards in play-way schools, purchase of transformers and cables for the electricity department was also okayed. To strengthen the security apparatus, it was decided to buy 220 new vehicles for police department. The procurement process related to water flow meters on tubewells in villages under Atal Bhujal Yojana was also completed. With this it will be easy to know how much water is being supplied to the villages.