Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday announced to increase the honorarium of Special Police Officers (SPOs), the local youth deployed to assist the security forces along interstate border of Himachal Pradesh with Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir to Rs 6000 per month.
Addressing a public meeting at Churah in Rajnagar assembly constituency of Chamba, he said deployed since 1998 after the massacre of obverse 35 labourers in Saturndi area of Churah by terrorists, these SPOs were playing an important
role in assisting paramilitary forces. They were getting an honorarium of Rs 4000 which now would be Rs 6000 per month.
Singh, who inaugurated development projects worth Rs 18 crore in Churah, announced sub tehsil
office at Pukhri, HPPWD division at Tissa and Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Bhanjraru in Tissa.
He announced new Primary Health Centre to be opened in Masroond and a hostel for minorities at Bhanjraru.
The Chief Minister directed to strengthen the electricity infrastructure in the area especially in the villages close to the bordering State of Jammu and Kashmir.
He directed the department to replace old electric poles immediately and to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the far off villages.
Earlier, District Congress President Chamba and former MlA Rajnagar Surinder Bharadwaj welcomed and honoured the Chief Minister. He also placed several other demands of the area.
Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Secretary AICC Asha Kumari MlA, Hans Raj, Chairman, State Pollution Control Board Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman, Zilla Parishad, Dharam Singh Pathania, Chairman, State Haj Committee, Dildar Ali Shah, BCC Chairman Bhai Singh Thakur were also present on the occasion amongst others.