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Chandigarh:
Decks have been cleared for two major infrastructure projects in the Hisar area. Union Railways Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Minister for Transport, Roads and Highways Oscar Fernandes and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will lay the foundation stones of the four-six laning project of National Highway No 10 from Hisar to Rohtak and the rail-link project from Hansi to Rohtak via Meham in Hisar on July 21. Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda said Hisar would develop as a new industrial corridor of Rohtak and Delhi with these two big projects.Hooda said over Rs 400 crore would be spent on the construction of 69-km rail link from Hansi to Rohtak via Meham whereas about Rs 1,000 crore would be spent on four-laning of National Highway No.10 between Hisar and Rohtak. With this direct rail network, western Haryana, including Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts, would be directly connected with the national capital Delhi, leading to greater prosperity of the area. The MP said these projects, which had been pending since long, had been approved by the Central Government after strenuous efforts by the Chief Minister. —TNS