Haryana’s protest-hit areas get Rs 1.46L-cr investment interest

Seeking to allay concerns of investors in the aftermath of Jat stir, the Haryana government on Wednesday said the worst-hit districts of Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjar have received an investment commitment worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore. from a total of 37 pacts.

On investment commitments in the quota agitation-affected districts in the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that “as many as 37 MoUs have been signed for setting up 19 projects with an investment of Rs 1.46 lakh crore in the three most affected districts of Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjar”.

Notably, 30 people were killed and over 200 were injured during the Jat agitation, during which miscreants also inflicted heavy damage to both government and private property, with Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonipat, being the worst-hit districts.