Rohtak, Dec. 17 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday declared Hansi as the 23rd district of the state.

Addressing the Vikas Rally at Hansi, Saini said, "The official notification declaring Hansi a district will be issued within a week."

"During last year's assembly elections when the model code of conduct was imposed, I came here and told people that some dreams are in our heart and I can't reveal them. Today, I declare Hansi the 23rd district of the state," Saini said at the rally organised by Hansi MLA Vinod Bhayana.

Hansi town is located 26km east of Hisar on National Highway number 9.

In 2017, the then chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who is now a Union minister, had made Hansi a police district. At present, t...