Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday announced construction of more vegetable markets across the state.
The Chief Minister said that agriculture and horticulture has the mainstay of the people of the State and with the construction of the Marketing Yards, the local farmers and horticulturists would get better remunerative prices for their produce. More such Vegetable Marketing Yards would be constructed at Tapri, Jhukhala, Charankhud in Kangra, Rohru and other areas of the State.
Virbhadra Singh laid the foundation stone of the vegetable market to be constructed at a cost of `7.17 crore at Bandrol in district Kullu and said that on completion, it would provide enough space for storing and marketing the produce to the agriculturists and horticulturists of the district besides the producers from lahaul and Spiti district.
He said that in the second phase of construction, a proper concrete wall would be erected along the river and appropriate infrastructure would be made available to the farmers and fruit growers.
This apart, to facilitate the farmers and to make them know the daily wholesale rates of the fruits and vegetables, the information was being provided to them on www.agmarket.nic.in and other similar websites, added Virbhadra.
He said that the per capita income of the State was 82611 with growth rate of 10 percent and Himachal was treading fast towards becoming the most developed state of the country.
Earlier, the Chief Minster also launched the online set-up of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (Kullu- lahaul & Spiti) office at Kullu which is the first of its kind as adopted by APMC and similarly all the offices of the Marketing Committee would be computerized in a phased manner. The Chief Minister also announced jeepable road over River Beas to connect Kais village on the left bank of the river opposite Bandrol.
later, the Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of a bridge to be constructed at a cost of `65 lakhs over Sarwari Nullaha in Kullu, inaugurated the office of Deputy Director Elementary constructed at a cost of `78 lakhs, inaugurated the science lab of Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) at Kullu constructed at a cost of `80 lakh and the Zila Parishad Guest House at Kullu constructed at a cost of `75 lakh. He also laid foundation stone of the Community Health Centre at Tegu Behar to be constructed at cost of `4.63 crore.