Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said the state government has earmarked an amount of Rs 2,572 crore for providing irrigation and drinking water facilities to the people of the State during the current financial year.
Addressing a public meeting at Kelodhar in Seraj assembly constituency of Mandi district, Thakur said that He said that endeavour of the Government was to bring more and more area under irrigation facility so that farmers could go for crop diversification instead of traditional crops.
Thakur said better road connectivity, especially in rural areas was the main concern of the State Government.
Addressing another public meeting at Dharot in Seraj assembly constituency of Mandi district, Thakur said the state government has allocated Rs. 200 crore for proper maintenance and metteling of roads in the State till now so as to facilitate the commuters.
He said that the main priority of the State Government was to ensure balanced and all-round development of the State.