Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday dedicated projects of around Rs 60 crore by way of inaugurations and foundation stones during first day of his tour of Renuka Assembly constituency in Sirmour district.
Adhering to the commitment of providing better health services to the people of the state, he dedicated the new OPD block of civil hospital Dadahu completed with an outlay of Rs 4.43 crore. He also inaugurated the newly constructed building of police station at Dadahu completed with an outlay of Rs 1.80 crore, inaugurated the science block of Government Senior Secondary School, Dadahu completed with an outlay of Rs 65 lakh, inaugurated additional accommodation of PWD Rest house at Sangrah on which an amount of Rs 1.03 crore has been incurred.
In addition to this, the Chief Minister inaugurated the Kando Kansaar drinking water supply scheme for villages of Badat, Madhana and Bharog-Baneri completed with a cost of Rs 2.84 crore. He inaugurated the lift Irrigation supply scheme, Mehat completed with an outlay of Rs 84 lakh to cater to irrigation of upto 40 hectares of land.
He also laid foundation stone of metalling and tarring of roads, bridge and several other projects.
Addressing a public meeting at Kando-Kansar in remote Dharti-Dhar area of Renuka Assembly constituency, Sigh announced to open Government Degree College at Dadahu. This was the long pending demand of the people of the area. The College will cater to the educational needs of around 25 panchayats of the area. With this, the total strength of the colleges in the State will go up to 130 out of which 51 colleges have been opened in the tenure of the present government.
The CM stressed upon preservation of culture and customs and said that one should not part with one’s language, traditions and culture. He said that there were hardly 280 kilometers of roads were there during the formation of the State and the total road length now in the state was around 37 thousand kilometers. The remote areas had been connected with roads under Mukhya Mantri Sadak Yojna and Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojna.