Rs 146 crore being spent on underground utility ducts in Shimla: Himachal CM
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said Rs 146.34 crore would be spent on the ambitious project for underground utility ducts.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said Rs 146.34 crore would be spent on the ambitious project for underground utility ducts.
Attacking the previous BJP government, he accused it of distributing benefits worth Rs. 5,000 crore for electoral gains, opening 900 institutions six months before the elections without staff or budget, and lowering the quality of public services.
The CM stated that the policy allows land to be pooled and developed with the cooperation of landowners, facilitating the provision of essential services and planned layouts in the area.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated the ten-day long Winter Carnival Shimla at The Ridge here on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday, inaugurated a regulated market at Totu in Shimla district constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.5 crore. The facility includes eight shops, an auction platform, a 20-bed dormitory for farmers, a spacious hall for public events and other essential amenities.
SNS president Vijender Mehra said the general public was expecting respite and relief in COVID pandemic as almost all sectors were badly affected with many losing their jobs.
“It needs more focus and amidst the tension between China and India,” he said. "Himachal shares more than 260 km boundary with Tibet and China and therefore, we need to be suitably prepared for any eventuality," he said.
He said that he had then also announced opening of a separate Government Senior Secondary School for Girls at Killar, up-gradation of Government High School Sural to Government Senior Secondary School and opening of Veterinary Dispensary at Udaan Matori.
A 25-year-old labourer (migrant) reportedly working at Darcha bridge ahead of Keylong, when checked for flu-like symptoms at Regional Hospital Keylong was found COVID-19 positive.
The cause of the flood event was not known to the experts whether the floods were caused by cloud bursting or due to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) phenomena as it started from the Tibetan Himalayan Region.
