Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda Saturday said that Haryana fully support the naming of the international airport of Chandigarh as Shahid Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh.
The Chief Minister was addressing the media persons after inaugurating the Advance Hernia Surgery Centre and Advance Piles Surgery Centre of Diwan Hospital at Ludhiana.
Hooda said that it was a matter of pride that when today we were celebrating the 66 anniversary of Quit India movement, the International Airport of Chandigarh and two states of Haryana and Punjab was named after great martyr Bhagat Singh. He said that belonging to a family of freedom fighters, he was personally feeling happy on this development. He said that he had never raised objections or opposed the naming of International Airport of Chandigarh as Shahid Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh.
Speaking on the facilities extended to the freedom fighters in Haryana, he said that the State Government had increased their pensions and they were also given Dearness Allowance. He said that the families of freedom fighters should be given the status of families of Nation and they should be honoured on the occasion of Independence Day.
On the question of Separate Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee, he replied that the committee which had been constituted under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister, Harmohinder Singh Chatha had been told to submit its report within fifteen days. Any decision on this issue would only be taken after studying and analyzing the contents of this report, he asserted.
To improve the sex ratio, the Chief Minister said that several schemes were being implemented for the welfare of girl child so as to prevent the heinous practice of female foeticide. As a result of the strenuous efforts of the State Government, the sex ratio of female had increased from 819 per 1000 males to 867 per 1000 males and this had further been improving.
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