Himachal CM inaugurates Rs 11.32 crore worth development projects
19-Jan-2024 11:07 PM 6477
Dharamshala, Jan 19 (Reporter) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday inaugurated four projects worth Rs. 11.32 crore during the 'Sarkar Gaon Ke Dwar' programme at village Nakki of Pragpur area in Kangra district. The projects worth Rs. 11.32 crore include construction of link road, causeway, and two bridges. The Chief Minister announced that sub tehsil Pragpur would be upgraded to tehsil. He sanctioned Rs one crore for re-opening of Community Health Center, Rakkad, rupees one crore for Dadasiba College, rupees three crore for Kotla College and rupees six crore for Rakkad College, rupees one crore for Joint Office Building, Dadasiba, Rs. 25 lakh for Government Senior Secondary School, Saleti, Rs. 20 lakh for AHC Saleti, rupees two crore for Academic Block of Pharmacy College Kuhna and rupees one crore for ITI Terrace. He also announced upgrading of Police Post Dadasiba to Police station, starting BBA and BCA classes in Rakkar College, Kotla Behad College and Dadasiba College, and science and commerce classes in Government Senior Secondary School Nalsuna and Kaloha from next academic session and opening a Ayurvedic dispensary at Chamukha. The Chief Minister also announced that adequate funds would be provided for the new building of PMCH Pragpur, and Pathankot-Chintpurni bus service would be restarted. He also announced starting Terrace-Shimla via Kotla night bus service and extension of Shimla-Pragpur bus service route upto Seulkhad and to providing adequate funds for construction of roads in Kotla Behad. Sukhu said the state government is organising Revenue Lok Adalats up to the tehsil and sub tehsil level and till now 65 thousand mutation cases have been settled. So far, 15,362 mutation and 742 partition cases have been settled in the Revenue Lok Adalats in Kangra district as well. The Chief Minister said that due to the "financial mismanagement" of the previous BJP government, today every Himachali has a debt of more than one lakh rupees. "Now we were working hard to bring the economy back on track," he added. He said that efforts were on to strengthen the rural economy. Milk purchase rates have been increased by six rupees and a Rs 250 crore milk processing plant is being constructed at Dhagwar in Kangra district. Besides announcing 20 thousand jobs in the government sector, steps were also being taken towards providing self-employment opportunities to the youth and Rs 680 crore Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Start-up Scheme has been launched, said Sukhu. So far, 1200 youth applied for e-taxi permits under this scheme and the government is providing a 50 percent subsidy. Financial assistance for setting up solar energy projects would also be provided under the second phase of the scheme and electricity produced would be purchased from them for 25 years, to provide them a fixed income...////...
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