Addressing "vikas rally" here, Hooda, while accepting this demand raised by local MLA and chairman of the Haryana Administrative Reforms Commission Karan Singh Dalal and supported by MP Avtar Singh Bhadana and MLA Udai Bhan, remarked that this demand should have been raised earlier as Palwal deserved to be upgraded as a district because of its glorious past.

Consequent upon Palwal being given the status of a district, it would become the 21st district of the state.

Dalal's other demands included setting up a university in Palwal, a new byepass, an outlet for taking out water from Palwal township, water treatment plant at Okhla barrage and setting up a barrage at the Yamuna, which flows along the borders of the state along Uttar Pradesh.

Dalal, while making the demand for giving Palwal the district status, specified that Hathin, which is presently in Mewat district and Mohana, Hodal and Hassanpur villages must be included in Palwal.

Hooda said the Congress government would ensure that Palwal became a flourishing district with requisite infrastructure in it.

In response to a demand for setting up a university, the Chief Ministr said his government considered education to be the lodestar of development and empowerment of the society.

Although he did not commit on the demand, he said that his government would study all possibilities of providing better educational infrastructure in Palwal.

Although he did not commit on the demand, he said that his government would study all possibilities of providing better educational infrastructure in Palwal. With regard to setting up a water treatment plant at Okhla barrage in Delhi, he said his government was already in touch with its counterpart in Delhi.