Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 94 crore in Shimla rural Vidhan Sabha area of Shimla district.
The Chief Minister inaugurated 12 developmental projects worth Rs 40.27 crore, which includes science block at Government Senior Secondary School, Dhami constructed at a cost of Rs 1.65 crore, building of Government Senior Secondary School, Shakrah constructed with an outlay of Rs 2.20 crore, Rs 2.42 crore Primary Health Centre building at Ghanahatti, Rs 1.47 crore Primary Health Centre building, Sharda, Rs 1.43 crore Primary Health Centre building Mandorghat among others.
Thakur also laid the foundation stone of 11 projects worth about Rs 53 crore which includes Rs 4.74 crore Lift water supply scheme Basantpur Kalvi, Nadukhar, Gharat Nala in Sunni Jal Shakti Sub Division under Jal Jeevan Mission and others.
Apart from this, the Chief Minister also performed foundation stone laying ceremonies of rain water harvesting structure over Kuhni khad in Gram Panchyat Dhamoon in Shimla tehsil to be constructed with an outlay of Rs 7.50 crore, lift water supply scheme from Salana nallah to Salana basti in gram panchayat of Thari of Shimla tehsil to be built at a cost of Rs 85 lakh among other projects.
The Chief Minister while addressing the people through video conferencing, said that the State Government was ensuring that the pace of development goes uninterrupted thus that the Government has decided to go for online inauguration and foundation stones of various developmental works.
He said that Jan Manch and Chief Minister Helpline 1100 have been proving boon to the people of the state in redressal of their grievances at their doorsteps.
About 50,000 complaints have been redressed in Janmanch and over 1.18 lakh complaints have been redressed through Chief Minister Helpline 1100. The government would take strict action against the persons making fake calls and false allegations on this helpline, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the Block Development Office at Tutu would help the people of the area in getting various services nearer to their homes.
He said that the State Government had provided funds to all these projects which were dedicated to the people today as the previous government had only made announcements in this regard.
Thakur also announced Rs 1.11 crore for construction of Dhami bus stand and said that the work on this project would be started at the earliest.