Chandigarh, July 30 - Rural women in Haryana will get 'women chaupals' - an exclusive common meeting place for them - in all villages across the state.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Thursday that the women chaupals, each costing Rs.300,000 and having a covered shed, would be constructed in all villages in a phased manner.

Nearly 100 model villages in the state have already got these women chaupals. The first phase of the project was started by the Haryana government in 2008-09.

Villages having more that 50 per cent scheduled castes population and 10,000 residents are being covered in the existing phase, Hooda added.