Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday dedicated projects of around Rs 56 crore in Chitpurni Assembly constituency in Una district.
He inaugurated the interpretation centre, tourism amenities complex and integrated car parking at Chintpurni completed with an outlay of Rs 51.70 crore. The foundation stone of the project was laid by him in August, 2014, said an official spokesman.
He said that the Asian Development Bank funded project was undertaken by Tourism Department. The two block complex has parking facilities for around 300 vehicles including small and heavy with computerised boom barrier facilities. It houses 12 lifts, right from the three basements upto two floors, a meditation hall, museum rooms, shops, resting areas built over an area of 4,722 square metre.
Virbhadra Singh also inaugurated the science block of Government Senior Secondary School, Thathal completed with an outlay of Rs 1.27 crore and building of CDPO office at Amb completed with an outlay of Rs 1.50 crore, said the spokesman.
The Chief Minister laid foundation stone of augmentation of lift Water Supply Scheme (lWSS), Chintpurni to cost Rs.84 lakh. This will benefit a population of around 6000 of seven villages of the region besides facilitating the pilgrims visiting Mata Chintpurni Temple. Apart from this, the temple committee Chintpurni released a sum of Rs 74 lakh for augmentation of the scheme, he added.