Giving the mantra of development, Centre approves 112 rural road projects of Himachal Pradesh

Shimla, November 26: Giving the mantra of development to the state, the union ministry of Rural development has cleared the project proposals of 112 rural roads and one bridge amounting to Rs. 964.25 crores for upgradation and improvement of 1250 kilometers length in Himachal Pradesh.

 

Out of these, 109 roads are covered under green and climatic resistance technology, 17 roads would be upgraded as intermediate lane standard, six roads will be upgraded in quality of single-lane standard and 89 roads have been proposed for improvement up to single lane standard.

Six roads in Bilaspur, Kullu and Chamba districts, nine in Solan, Una and Hamirpur, 24 in Kangra, three in Kinnaur, two in Lahaul-Spiti, 20 in Mandi, 11 in Shimla and seven in Sirmaur district have been considered for upgradation.

The approval for these road projects was accorded in a meeting held at New Delhi which was chaired by the Secretary Rural Development.

Also, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur also announced Rs. 20 lakh for Harijan Basti lower Kangar road and Rs. 15 lakh for Una-Jajon road. He said that the building of Government Senior Secondary School Dhakki (Panjwar) would be constructed soon. He announced the opening of Primary School at Kelua and Ayurvedic dispensary at Kangar. He said that efforts would be made to recruit Punjabi language teachers in schools of bordering areas.