Gurgaon: Deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala will inaugurate 17 projects worth Rs 10.44 crore in the district’s rural areas during the Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, said officials.
The projects include the construction of a room in a school, a wrestling hall and beautification of a pond in Naurangpur, besides three others in the same village. According to the officials, five projects will be inaugurated in Bajghera that will include a boxing complex, a badminton complex, an ayurvedic medical store and a community centre.
In Chautala Dharamapur village, the deputy chief minister will open Radha Krishan Vatika and a chaupal for the members of the SC community and also lay the foundation stone of a community centre.
Other projects include beautification of ponds in Nakhrola and Mauzabad.
Meanwhile, the administration will honour freedom fighters and war widows at their homes since most of them are elderly and need to remain indoors due to the risk of Covid-19.
Frontline workers on Covid duty, including doctors, health department staff and MCG employees, will be awarded on Saturday. The awardees have already undergone a Covid test. The MCG has sanitised the stadium before the function and all attendees will be screened at the main gate and will need to wear masks.