Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said the State Government from the day one of assuming the reins of the State was striving hard to ensure balanced development without any vendetta and vengeance.
The State Government was ensuring that the pace of development goes uninterrupted irrespective of the fact whether the constituency has elected MLA of ruling party or of opposition, the Chief Minister said while addressing a public meeting at Padhar Ground, Banikhet.
He inaugurated and laid foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 113.45 crore including a 50 bedded Civil Hospital in Dalhousie Vidhan Sabha area of Chamba district during his one day tour to the constituency.
The Chief Minister said that the Dalhousie area has an immense tourism potential and the government was ensuring that this potential was fully harnessed. Rs140 crore public works schemes were being implemented in the constituency which shows that the government was committed to providing better connectivity in the area, he said.
He said that schemes worth crores of rupees were also being implemented in the constituency under PMGSY, CRF, NABARD, SC Component Plan etc. The foundation stones of water supply schemes worth Rs 15.20 crore was also laid by him tand Rs 26 crore other schemes were being implemented in the constituency, he added.
Thakur said that Himachal Pradesh has become the first Smoke Free State in the country as every household had been provided with a gas connection facility. He said that it was possible due to Ujjawala Yojana of Centre and Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojna of the State Government, he said.
The Chief Minister announced science classes in Government Senior Secondary Schools Baggi and Hather, upgradation of Government High Schools Bajward and Singhadhar to Government Senior Secondary Schools and opening of Health Sub Centre at Ladwan.
He said that opening of Degree College at Banikhet and Sub Tehsil at Telga would be considered in the next year's budget.
The Chief Minister inaugurated Bassa to Nadal road constructed at a cost of Rs 8.58 crore under PMGSY, link road from Samah to Hadila, stage-II built at a cost of Rs. 2.86 crore under PMGSY, link road from Jawnas to Bhasua constructed by spending Rs 7.01 crore among other projects. He also laid foundation stones of upgradation of Bassa to Nadal road to be done at a cost of Rs 9.11 crore, a rupees one crore Government Sub Treasury building at Bhalei in tehsil Salooni and Rs 10.83 crore 50 bedded Civil Hospital, Salooni.
Thakur also honoured Coronavirus warriors on the occasion.