Chandigarh, Feb 20 || Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on the first day of the Budget session here on Friday, said the government has dissolved Housing Board Haryana and merged it into the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran to enhance efficiency, provide better housing facilities and strengthen urban planning integration.
CM Saini said the functions of the Housing Board, Haryana and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran were largely identical. He assured that the interests of all employees of the housing board have been fully safeguarded.
The resolution was passed under the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 80 of the Haryana Housing Board Act of 1971. Now, all the responsibilities of the board will be vested in Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran.
Earlier, obituary resolutions were passed to pay tributes to prominent personalities who died between the previous session and this session.
CM Saini, who is also the Leader of the House, paid tributes and read out the obituary resolutions. These include Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar, former minister of state Surinder Kumar Madan, former Member of the legislative Assembly Anand Kaushik and Sahil Khan, nephew of legislator Mamman Khan.
Speaker Harvinder Kalyan also read the obituary resolutions and paid tributes to the departed souls.