Acche Din! Development projects worth Rs 4,378 cr cleared in five months for Himachal Pradesh

Shimla, June 20: So far in five months, the Himachal Pradesh government with Centre's assistance has cleared development projects worth Rs. 4,378 crores. This was said by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while addressing to media.

 

CM Jai Ram Thakur said that his government with the assistance of PM Modi-led central government has cleared development projects worth Rs. 4,378 crores in a record time of five months. Giving a detail in brief, CM Jai Ram Thakur said that the three projects including tourism, irrigation and public health and horticulture fields projects were cleared timely.

The Chief Minister further added that projects nearly Rs. 4,751 crores on rainwater harvesting schemes and water scheme projects over Rs. 700 crores are being finalized and would be cleared soon. On the occasion, VM Jai Ram Thakur also thanked Centre for approving a development project on tourism infrastructure worth Rs. 1,892 crores.

Thakur further added that a project on supplying of drinking water worth Rs. 798 crores have also been cleared and the same will be implemented in rural areas across the state. Putting a light on the development works and connectivity across the state, he said that that the heli-taxi service between Shimla and Chandigarh will now ply thrice a week i.e on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from July 1. He further said that the state government would soon start more heli-taxi services in other parts of Himachal Pradesh for boosting tourism.

The Chief Minister, in the end, alleged that the previous Congress government was not able to clear even a single project in tourism and others in the last five years.