Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday said that all-out efforts would be made to redress the grievances of Bhakra Dam oustees.
On his visit to Bilaspur, the Chief Minister was presiding over a review meeting with the officers of various departments. The Deputy Commissioner of Bilaspur apprised CM the issues of the oustees and added that 245 landless people were required to be rehabilitated.
Reviewing the progress of Kirtpur-Nerchawk four-lane project, Thakur also discussed compensation issues to the affected families. He was apprised that 97 percent families had been given compensation.
Chief Minister was also apprised that the survey of first phase of 53 kilometer Bhanupalli-Barmana(Beri) Railway line was near completion.
Thakur expressed his concern on scarcity of Doctors for which he gave assurance that vacant posts would soon be filled up in the health department. He asked health department to undertake awareness campaign on water borne diseases, tuberculosis and scrub typhus by holding awareness camps in remote and far-flung areas of the State.
He said that good governance and maintenance of law and order is priority of the present Government and issued necessary directions to the officials present. He also asked the officers to prepare project reports of developmental schemes and the Government would get these sanctioned from the Central Government.