Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has urged the Union Government, and Union Communications and Information Technology Minister to expand and strengthen communication network in the State, so that internet and related facilities could be effectively provided up to the village-level in the State.
The Chief Minister had a detailed meeting in this regard with the Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal at New Delhi on Saturday. Chief Minister said that effective use of Information Technology could ensure major improvement in governance and administration. Singh urged the Union Minister to provide liberal assistance for the on-going projects to strengthen communication and information technology in the State. Virbhadra informed Kapil that people centric services were being provided to the people of the State through about 2,500 lok Mitra Kendras.
He said that such Kendras would soon be setup at Himachal Bhawan in New Delhi and Chandigarh, in order to provide important information to the Himachalis living outside the State.