New Chhath Puja ghat in Faridabad

To win the support of migrants from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh working in the industrial township of Faridabad, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced that a pucca Chhath Puja Ghat will be constructed at NIT, Faridabad.

Hooda was addressing a rally in Faridabad on Sunday afternoon. The CM claimed that the state government has sanctioned Rs 2,082 crore to connect YMCA and Ballabgarh with Metro rail, which will not only improve connectivity between Delhi and Faridabad, but also give a push to the industrial and commercial development in the city.

The chief minister also announced to set up a new 50-bed hospital in sector 55-56.

The government is also carrying out a survey for regularization of unauthorized colonies in the city. According to the 2001 Census, at least one-fourth of Faridabad's population lives in slums. The state government has already prepared a plan to arrest the growth of these clusters in the city.

Hooda also claimed that with a view to restore the lost glory of this famous industrial town, a number of steps have already been taken by the state government. He said that an Industrial Model Town (IMT) is being set up at Faridabad and various development schemes costing Rs 850 crore have been sanctioned for the district. Lashing out at the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) government for neglecting the city, Hooda alleged that his government has spent three times more to the tune of Rs 1513.76 crore on development of Faridabad as compared to Rs 501.34 crore by the previous government.

Hooda also alleged that the main opposition party at the Centre, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), did not let the winter session of the Lok Sabha run.

He claimed that the Congress-led UPA had planned to adopt and pass several bills in the interest of the poor and farmers.

Delhi and Haryana Chief Ministers Inaugurated Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway

The much awaited Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway connecting Delhi and Haryana was inaugurated by Smt Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi and Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana. The function was presided over by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H), Government of India in the presence of Shri R P N Singh - Minister of State MoRT&H, Shri Ramesh Kumar - Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from South Delhi, Shri Avtar Singh Bhadana – Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Faridabad, Shri R.S. Gujral – Secretary, MoRT&H, Shri Brijeshwar Singh - Chairman of National Highways Authority of India and Shri Ajit Gulabchand - Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC). The elevated highway has been completed nearly a month ahead of its stipulated date of December 22, 2010.

The Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway, popularly known as the Badarpur Elevated Highway Project was commissioned by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and has been designed, engineered and constructed by the HCC Group with an investment of nearly Rs.600 crore. The project will significantly improve travel time by over 40 minutes (with large fuel savings) between the rapidly developing city of Faridabad and Delhi, and will serve as a boon to both residents and interstate traffic alike, on the Delhi-Faridabad-Mathura-Agra route (National Highway 2).

“HCC is committed to delivering responsible infrastructure to the country. I congratulate my team of engineers who has completed this project ahead of schedule despite numerous challenges. Equally importantly, the water conservation and ground water recharge initiatives undertaken in this project make it one of the first water positive infrastructure facilities in the country”, said Mr Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC.

Mr Brijeshwar Singh, Chairman, NHAI said, “We are happy about the early completion of this Public Private Partnership, which is another commendable project to HCC’s credit. The elevated highway will offer immense respite to the commuters between Delhi and Haryana and will also play a significant role in the development of Faridabad as a commercial hub”.

In this project the commuters shall be able to use the facility of daily pass and monthly pass which will allow commuters of the Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway uninterrupted travel without the ordeal of paying toll multiple times in a day thereby saving additional time and fuel cost. The details of the single entry fee, multiple entry fee and monthly passes are presented in the table below:



The National Highways Authority of India was constituted by an act of Parliament, the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. The Authority was operationalised in February, 1995 It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways entrusted to it and for matters connected or incidental thereto.. Out of total 70548 Km length of National Highways in the country, 54464 Km is under National Highway Development Programme under various phases. NHAI is implementing NHDP in 49253 Km length out of which 14436 Km has already been completed. The length of 8903 Km is under improvement.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor starts dealership in Faridabad

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has opened its first dealership 'Thirty Six Toyota' here. The new outlet provides service, sales, financing and insurance facilities. This store will be accessible for the customers in Faridabad and neighboring areas. It is spread over a total area of 90000 sq ft. It will have 19 general service bays, 16 body and paint bays and 1 paint booth.

Mr Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director, marketing, TKM, said, “This is our first dealership in Faridabad. So far we catered to the customers in Faridabad with our dealerships in the NCR region. With the increasing demand and the sale of Etios, setting up a dealership in Faridabad is essential. With this, we aim to serve our customers better through greater accessibility.”