Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has said that the old Hindustan- Tibet road in Kinnaur district would be restored for vehicular traffic. This road would be broadened for running bus services to ensure transportation facility to the people of the district round the year.

The Chief Minister while addressing a public meeting at Reckong Peo said that the State Government had provided every possible assistance to bring back normalcy in the district which suffered huge losses due to heavy rains and floods in the monsoon season.

He said that government ensured that there was no shortage of funds for the restoration and relief works in the district and the roads were restored on war-footings. He also directed the Public Works Department to carry mettaling and tarring works on priority in the district.

Virbhadra said that government would provide suitable land to rehabilitate the families who had lost their houses in the natural calamity. He asked all PRI functionaries to lend support to the Revenue Department to identify the cases who needed to be compensated.

“The damaged portion of Thakur Sen Government Degree College in Reckong Peo would be replaced by a light weighted hi-tech structure,” he added.

The Chief Minister also announced Rs 3 crore for construction of new structure of the college.

later, Virbhadra addressed a public meeting at Pooh and reiterated his government's resolve for speedy development of the tribal areas of the State.

He announced to provide Rs 40 lakh for construction of a stadium at Pooh and said that a survey would be conducted for providing sewerage system in Pooh. On the demand of local Gram Panchayat, he directed the Irrigation and Public Health Department to conduct survey for irrigation scheme.