Hindustan Times (Ranchi)

STRUGGLING ON ALL COUNTS

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Sex ratio-913 girls born per 1000 boys, next only to Sirsa (914) in 2015

26 cases of murder in 2015 second last among 21 districts in Haryana

Mewat police arrested more than 600 proclaimed offenders in last 2 months

500 out of 2,100 inmates are from Mewat at district jail in Bhondsi. The percentage is almost the same in the district jail in Faridabad

Intelligen­ce agencies have blackliste­d more than 50 people from September to November last year, who had come from various countries to Mewat as part of Tablighi Jamaat-the global movement that originated from Mewat in 1927

Mewat records 44,000 deliveries per year but doesn’t have a single gynaecolog­ist

Of the 1,62,000 students registered in primary schools, 48,000 reached class 8 while only 12,000 passed class 10th last year

There are not more than 3000 teach- ers in the district

During 2014-15, the budget allocated

■ for various activities of Mewat Developmen­t Agency was ` 24 Crore of which only ` 15 Crore were spent. As per the recommenda­tion of the 13th Finance Commission, of ` 331 Crore for Haryana, ` 75 Crore were allocated for taking up various projects in Mewat

` 33 crore were earmarked for

■ improvemen­t of water supply in Mewat in the current fiscal year

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