Shimla: Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during his visit to Mamligh in Solan district today announced the up-gradation of Mamligh sub-tehsil to tehsil and also announced opening of a Public Works Department sub-division at Mamligh.
After dedicating development projects worth Rs. 27.43 crore to the people of the area, the Chief Minister addressed a massive gathering at Mamligh. He also announced Rs. 50 lakh for the construction of the roof of the school and a sum of Rs. 50,000 for promotion of cultural activities.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has taken corrective steps to bring qualitative improvements in education sector, which are now showing positive results. Himachal has jumped to fifth position from the 21st as during the BJP regime the standard of education deteriorated. The BJP was busy in transferring teachers throughout the year adversely affecting education of the children. However, the present government has taken stringent measures to stop this. He added that the schools opened by the previous BJP government for mere political gains during last six months of their regime have been closed by the present government.
To boost the confidence of rural students and to prepare them for future challenges, Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools are being opened in every Assembly constituency. Construction of such a school has also started in Mamligh. In the first phase, 100 CBSE based schools were being set up in the State where subject teachers will be appointed and a separate cadre will be created for these teachers, he said, adding that students studying in these schools will have a separate dress code.
Sukhu stated the State Government was holding Revenue Lok Adalats across the State and has started ‘My Deed’ project, a pilot program in for modernizing land registration, to facilitate people for registration of their land online, without repeated visits to the revenue offices.
Sukhu said that efforts were afoot to improve the health sector by recruiting doctors and para-medical staff and installing modern machines. He said that the previous BJP government focused only on construction of buildings but did not paid any heed providing facilities and the staff. The present government is spending Rs 3,000 crore on modern medical technology in State health institutions equivalent to AIIMS Delhi. Robotic surgery has been started at Chamiyana and Tanda hospitals. The government has approved Rs. 75 crore for setting up automated labs in Super speciality hospital Chamiyana, IGMC Shimla and Tanda Medical College so that multiple tests can be done simultaneously using a single blood sample.
Our focus is to strengthen the rural economy and to make farmers economically self reliant our government has increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of cow milk to Rs. 51 and buffalo milk to Rs. 61 per litre. Wheat produced through natural farming us being purchased at a MSP of Rs. 60 per kg, maize at Rs. 40 per kg, raw turmeric at Rs. 90 per kg and barley from the farmers in Pangi Valley of Chamba district at Rs. 60 per kg, ensuring fair returns to them, he reiterated.
We have adopted zero-tolerance towards corruption, he said adding that the previous BJP government gave away 5,000 bighas of land for just Rs. 14 crore under five customized packages, whereas the actual value of the land was Rs. 1000 crore and also provided free electricity and water to the investors.
He said Himachal Pradesh suffered huge losses after GST implementation and the Union Government compensated our state till July 2022. The previous BJP government received an additional Rs. 50,000 crore but did not spend it for the welfare of the people. As of today, the government was compelled to raise loans to repay the previous borrowings by BJP.
Earlier, on his arrival at Mamligh, the Chief Minister received a grand welcome from the local people. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. (Col) Dhani Ram Shandil welcomed the Chief Minister and said that under his leadership, the government was making earnest efforts to bring qualitative improvement in Health and education sector. He thanked the Chief Minister for performing the foundation stone of the Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding School at Mamligh today.
MLAs Ram Kumar Chaudhary, Sanjay Awasthi, Suresh Kumar, Jogindra Bank Chairman Mukesh Sharma, Congress leaders Shiv Kumar, Rahul Thakur, Jatin Sahni, Colonel Sanjay Shandil, Project Director Samagra Shiksha Rajesh Sharma Deputy Commissioner Manmohan Sharma, SP Gaurav Singh and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
