Himachal Government would spend Rs 50 crore for development of the famous Mata Chintpurni Dham for convenience of the tourists and pilgrims visiting this holy shrine, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Monday.
Addressing a public meeting at Maharana Pratap Government Degree College, Amb in Chintpurni assembly constituency of Una district, Thakur said that Chintpurni shrine was a world famous shrine where lakhs of devotees and tourists visit round the year.
"Under this project infrastructure and other basic facilities would be developed to facilitate the visitors and a helipad would also be constructed near the shrine to facilitate high end tourists and devotees visiting this religious place," he said.
He said during the last ten months, the state government has initiated several schemes for development of the state, adding that the central leadership was sympathetic towards developmental aspirations of the people of the state and had sanctioned projects worth Rs. 9000 crore for the state.
Thakur said that in ten months tenure of the present state government, he had so far visited 56 Assembly constituencies of the state to ensure balanced development and welfare of every section of the society.
He said that the thirty new schemes launched by the state government in the budget were being effectively implemented.
Earlier, the Chief Minister laid foundation stone of improvement of Bharwain-Chintpurni-Pacca Tiala road to be completed at a cost of Rs. 16.15 crore which would benefit over 13000 people of the area. He laid foundation stone of Kinnu-Guret road and bridge over Gour Khad to be constructed by spending an amount of Rs. 3.47 crore and of Kalruhi-Mather-Lohara link road and bridge over Kalruhi Khad to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 6.87 crore. Later, the Chief Minister laid foundation stone of lift water supply scheme for Gram Panchayat Nehri Nauranga at Kuthera Kherla to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.35 crore. He announced that bed capacity of the civil hospital Amb would be increased from 30 to hundred. It was announced to providing ten beds each in PHCs at Suhani and Shitala.
Chairman Temple Trust Chintpurni and Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Prajapati presented a Cheque of Rs. 20 lakh to the Chief Minister towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund on behalf of the trust.
Earlier in the morning, Chief Minister visited the famous Maa Chintpurni shrine and performed puja.
Member of Parliament, Anurag Thakur said that the central government under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has committed for providing liberal financial assistance of the state for its all-round development. He said that 25 new National Highways have been sanctioned for Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency by the Union Government and four lane projects have been sanctioned for the state and work was in progress on these projects.