Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday informed the assembly that the state government has dissolved the Haryana Housing Board and merged it into the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to enhance administrative efficiency, provide better housing facilities to citizens, and strengthen urban planning integration.

Saini was speaking while moving a government resolution on the first day of the budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here.

The CM said that the functions of the housing board and HSVP were largely identical. He assured that the interests of all employees of the Housing Board have been fully safeguarded. This resolution was passed under the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 80 of th...