Haryana clears Rs 424.69 crore projects, including 500 buses, Gurugram flyovers and Panipat rail bridge

Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- The Haryana government has cleared nine procurement and infrastructure proposals worth Rs 424.69 crore, including the purchase of 500 new Roadways buses, construction of two flyovers and an underpass in Gurugram, and a railway overbridge in Panipat, while ordering fresh tenders for five other proposals.

The decisions were taken at meetings of the High Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC) and the High Powered Works Purchase Committee (HPWPC), chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini at Haryana Niwas in Chandigarh on Monday.

The government said negotiations with bidders have brought down the combined cost of the nine approved proposals by Rs 11.96 crore from the original estimates.

Among the major decisions was the ap...