Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday urged the panchayat representatives to incorporate the name of poorest of poor and deserving in BPl list excluding well-off persons so that poor and downtrodden get their due share of welfare policies of the State Government.
Addressing a public meeting at Rakkar in Jaswan-Pragpur assembly constituency of Kangra district, he said the Government was committed to welfare of the senior citizens, widows and women folk and weaker sections of the society and had taken many steps for their welfare.
“The government has enhanced the social security pension from Rs450 to Rs600 per month and providing Rs1100 to the persons above 80 years of age irrespective of the income bar under this scheme. At present the government was providing pension to as many as three lakh four thousand 921 people,” the Chief Minister added.
He announced upgradation of PHC Rakkar to Community Health Centre (CHC), upgradation of Police post Rakkar to Police Station and also announced upgradation of Government High School Kuhna and Bari to Government Senior Secondary Schools.
Virbhadra Singh said that the state government has taken up the task of channelising major rivers of the State which create havoc during monsoons and took huge toll of life and property. The Government has taken up Rs922 crore project of channelising Swan river and its 73 tributaries in Una district and the work was being done on war-footing thereby reclaiming thousands acres of land which have proved a boon for the farmers.
The work of channelising, Chaunch khud in Kangra, Pabbar in Rohru and other rivers were also being done, he added.
The Chief Minister warned those persons who attacked the policemen in Rakkar and said that vandalism would not be tolerated at any cost. He said that the mining mafia or any other person who try to disturb law and order would be brought to book.
Singh inaugurated 33 KV sub station at Bharoli-Jadid in tehsil Rakkar, Jaswan Pragpur constituency, completed with a cost of Rs3.58 crore. It will benefit population of 30,000 thousand of 78 villages of 16 Panchayats in Pir-Saluhi, Rakkar, Sard-dogri and the surrounding areas and provide uninterrupted power supply, besides solving low voltage problem of the area.
