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.
These slum dwellers, mostly illiterate, came to the state from Moradabad more than a decade back and do the digging work and other petty jobs in agriculture farms or other projects based on their individual capacities.
An official release said here that in a video conference with Chief Ministers of different states today, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi appreciated the efforts of Himachal Pradesh government for effectively taking up ACF campaign and asked other states to follow the HP model to deal with the pandemic.
This was stated by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over a review meeting of Health and Family Welfare and Ayurveda departments here on Covid-19 pandemic.
Taking advantage of deserted roads and streets after imposition of curfew in the state on 24 March, the repair teams of Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited (SJPNL) took up the task to plug leaking pipes at 48 locations in the city, checking wastage of around 3.5 million litres of potable water per day (MLD).
The talk is of Community Radios in Himachal Pradesh which are making a difference in Covid-19 crisis by informing and educating people in local dialects ever since the lockdown was imposed on 23 March followed by curfew the next day.
