Haryana attracts investment of Rs 28,000 crore

FARIDABAD: The Haryana Government has attracted an industrial investment of Rs 28,000 crore during last 30 months and an investment of Rs 60,000 crore is in the pipeline, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Besides, the government has also fixed a target of inviting an investment of Rs 2 lakh crore, he added, while addressing a public meeting at Mujesar here on Sunday.

Hooda said that Government was giving special thrust on promotion of industrial infrastructure in the State and model industrial townships were being set up in the State.

THe Chief Minister also announced that Faridabad city would soon linked with Metro rail services.

During the first phase of metro rail project, Delhi will connected to Faridabad up to YMCA, and in the next phase, it would be extended upto Ballabgarh. This project would cost Rs 1387 crore.

The Chief Minister said that an ambitious project namely Jawahar Lal Nehtru Urban Development Renewal Mission Scheme costing Rs 2,700 crore had been sanctioned for the development of Faridabad and it was expected that the later on its cost would be increased to Rs 3,000 crore.