DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana's Development and Panchayats Minister Devender Singh Babli said that lights and CCTV cameras will be installed on the 'phirnis' of all the villages across the state. Addressing the newly elected representatives of the Panchayati Raj Institutions at a 'Jan Samwad Program' in Fatehabad, Sh. Devender Babli said that there would be no shortage of funds for the development works of the villages. He said that the development works will be done through e-tenders under the zero-tolerance policy of the state government. "The gram panchayats should pass proposals for the development of villages and send them to the department. Even if the development works ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 100 crore in villages are done through e-tender, all of them will be under the supervision of the sarpanches," said Sh. Devender Babli. He said that the gram panchayats should come forward to make the villages neat and clean. "Moving ahead on the vision of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi and under the leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal; all-round development of villages is being done," he added. The Development and Panchayats Minister further said that the women have been given 50 percent reservation in the panchayats of the state, which is an example of women empowerment given by the Haryana government. "Educated panchayats have been formed in the state under the far-reaching vision of the government, in which a lot of participation of the youth has come to the fore," added Sh. Babli. He said that the state government is also determined for the cleanliness of the villages. "Lights and CCTV cameras will be installed on the 'phirni' of the villages. In the first phase, out of 3 lakh kilometres of 'phirni' across the state; work will be done on 1 lakh kilometres of 'phirni'," said Sh. Devender Babli, adding that the government has also started the work under the greywater management to tackle the problem of waterlogging in 1,000 villages out of the 3,500 identified waterlogged villages. An amount of Rs 18,000 crore will be spent by the government to overcome the problem of water-logging. (editor@dailyworld.in)