Haryana Roadways buses will start plying in various districts of the state from today. The bus service was suspended, after the first lockdown.

Haryana Transport Minister Moolchand Sharma said, for availing the facility, passengers have to book the tickets online, counter booking will not be available. He said, as physical distancing is important in the time of Covid-19, not more than 30 passengers will be allowed in a bus and wearing of masks will be compulsory for every passenger, driver and conductor of the bus.

The buses will be run from Ambala, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kaithal, Karnal, Narnaul, Panchkula, Rohtak, Rewari and Sirsa depots.

Meanwhile,Haryana is geared up to provide tap water connection to all rural households by December, 2022. The State provided one lakh five thousand tap connections during 2019-20 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Ministry of Jal Shakti in a statement said that now the State Government is planning 100 per cent coverage by December, 2022, ahead of the national goal by 2024-25. By doing so, Haryana will be among the leading states to accomplish the ambitious target of providing tap connection to each rural household. Presenting their action plan to the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation yesterday, State government officials said, there are 28.94 lakh households in Haryana, out of which 18.83 lakh are already provided with Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTCs). Out of the remaining 10.11 lakh households, Haryana plans to provide tap connections in 7 lakh households by 2020-21.
During the current year, State is planning for 100 per cent coverage of one district and 2,898 villages out of total 6,987 villages. More emphasis has been given to cover rural households in drought prone areas and aspirational districts. The Ministry said, State is likely to get 290 crore rupees as Central share under JJM for this financial year, which will be supplemented by same amount of State’s matching share.
During this testing time of COVID-19 pandemic, such attempts to provide household tap connections in rural areas will definitely improve the ease of living.

Recently two Special Shramik trains left for Araria and Katihar in Bihar on Sunday evening. AIR Correspondent reports, a Special Shramik train carrying 1204 migrant labourers left for Araria from Rohtak Railway Station at 5 PM.

The Deputy Commissioner who was present at the station told AIR News that the labourers were provided masks, sanitizers and food.

Another Special Shramik train carrying around 1200 migrant labourers left from Rewari Junction for Katihar.

Thermal scanning and medical check up of the labourers were done before they boarded the trains. Our correspondent reports that the migrant labourers were so happy, they clapped, cheered and raised slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai before departure of train.

Deputy Commissioner and senior administrative and railway officers responded by clapping and wished them good journey.