*After the ESI hospital building in Bawal Industrial Area is handed over, furniture, equipment, and staff will be arranged within three months, and the hospital will be inaugurated and dedicated to the public – Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij*

*“My effort is that wherever there is greater demand from workers, a 100-bedded hospital must be established – Anil Vij*

*100-bedded hospitals to be set-up in Rohtak, Hisar, Ambala, Sonipat, and Karnal, land transfer work progressing rapidly – Vij*

Chandigarh, August 27 – Haryana Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij said that once the construction of the ESI hospital building in Bawal Industrial Area is completed and handed over, the hospital will be equipped with furniture, equipment and staff within three months, inaugurated, and dedicated to the public. He further said that his effort is to ensure that wherever there is a higher demand from workers, a 100-bedded hospital must be established to provide them with health facilities. He informed that 100-bedded hospitals are to be built in Rohtak, Hisar, Ambala, Sonipat and Karnal, for which the process of land transfer is progressing rapidly so that these projects can be completed at the earliest.

Sh. Vij was responding to a question asked by Bawal MLA Dr. Krishan Kumar during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. He said that the government has decided to provide land at concessional rates for such hospitals wherever there is greater demand from workers.

He clarified that the ESI hospital in Bawal is not being constructed by the Haryana Government, but rather by ESI, New Delhi, with the construction being carried out by CPWD. Sh. Vij informed that about 85 percent of the construction work of this hospital has been completed, and he has written to the Union Labour Minister to expedite its completion.

Highlighting various projects, Sh. Vij said that he has also written regarding several ESI projects in the state, including a 100-bedded ESI hospital at Ballabhgarh, an ESI dispensary at Panchkula and the construction of the ESI hospital and dispensary in Sonipat. He added that officers of the State Labour Department are in constant coordination with the Central Ministry/Department to ensure speedy completion of these projects.

Sh. Vij said about MLA Dr. Krishan Kumar that he is happy that this is his first time being elected and that he is actively raising issues of Bawal, striving to ensure that the people of the area get benefits as soon as possible.
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*“It is true that the Opposition has the right to speak, but the Opposition must also have the capacity to listen” – Energy, Transport & Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij*

*“History is witness that all rights of deserters are taken away” – Anil Vij*

Chandigarh, August 27 – Haryana Energy, Transport & Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij today took a sharp dig at the Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, stating that “It is true that the Opposition has the right to speak, but the Opposition must also have the capacity to listen. History is witness that all rights of deserters are taken away, he added.”

Sh. Vij was speaking during a debate in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, in reference to objections raised by the Opposition over the use of the word “Shaitaan”.

He said that the Opposition should also have the patience to listen, but instead they walked out. “When you (the Opposition) do not listen and leave the House, and repeatedly raise the same issue, then it should be considered that the Opposition itself has withdrawn the resolution. Therefore, the Opposition must accept that they have withdrawn the resolution,” he remarked.

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*Energy, Transport & Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij today placed a resolution in the Assembly*

*Two minutes of silence observed for peace to the departed souls who lost their lives in Vaishno Devi, Jammu’s Doda, Kullu, Manali and other places*

Chandigarh, August 27 – Haryana’s Energy, Transport and Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij today, during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, placed a resolution regarding the tragic loss of lives and property in Vaishno Devi, Jammu’s Doda, and Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu and Manali, as well as other affected regions. Under this resolution, all members of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha stood in silence for two minutes to pray for peace to the departed souls of those who lost their lives in these disasters.

While moving the resolution, Sh. Vij said that the previous day, over 30 lives were lost due to a landslide on the route leading to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Similarly, the popular tourist destinations Kullu and Manali also witnessed heavy loss of life and property. In Jammu’s Doda district, cloudbursts caused major devastation, although the complete figures are still awaited. Therefore, he urged that prayers be offered for the peace of those who lost their lives in these calamities.

Following this, Speaker Sh. Harvinder Kalyan directed all members of the Assembly to stand in silence for two minutes in memory of the departed souls.