CHAMBA: To gain political milage, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur in Bharmaur declared that State Government would take up the matter of declaring 17 odd non-tribal panchayats of Bharmour as tribal area with the Union Government.
Chief Minister announced this at the public meeting Lylh while inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 23 developmental works worth Rs. 83.42 crore at Lylh for Bharmour vidhan sabha area of Chamba district today.
Jai Ram Thakur said that the Union Government had selected Chamba district of the State as an aspirational district to ensure additional funds for development.
Chief Minister is gearing up the BJP cadre for Prime Minister's proposed visit to Chamba on October 13.
He said that Prime Minister had visited the State on 5th of this month and now was again visiting Chamba on 13th of this month.
He said that this shows the concern of the Prime Minister towards development of the State. He said that Narendra Modi would be the first Prime Minister of the country to address a public meeting at Chamba.
Jai Ram Thakur said out of the four State Working Presidents of the Congress, two have already joined the BJP.
He said that one of the young congress leaders in the State claims that even the big leader like Virbhadra Singh could not bring back the sitting government to power, how can a common man like him accomplish this feat. Chief Minister urged the people to give a befitting reply to such opposition leaders.
He said that this was not going well with the Congress leaders and they were accusing the State Government for making the people of the State habitual of freebies.
He said that now the same leaders were claiming that they would provide 300 unit free power when voted to power.
Chief Minister said that on the one hand the nation was celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Himachal Pradesh on the other hand was also celebrating 75 years of its existence. He said that these 75 years had been witness to an eventful developmental journey of the State.
He said that every citizen of this State had made his/her contribution in this developmental voyage of the State. The contribution of every Chief Minister of the State had also remained immense in making this State one of the most developed States of the country, he added.
Referring to the development of the Bharmour area, Chief Minister said that more focus must be laid on construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in the area.
Jai Ram Thakur said that schemes such as HIMCARE, Sahara Yojna, Grihini Suvidha Yojna, Mukhiya Mantri Swabalamban Yojna, Shagun Yojna etc. had provided a helping hand to every household in need.
Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated seven developmental works worth Rs. 12.63 crore which includes Rs. 1.48 crore science block of Government Senior Secondary School Runukothi and other schemes.
Chief Minister also laid foundation stones of 16 developmental projects worth Rs. 70.79 crore which includes Rs. 7.30 crore Holi-Utrala Road, Rs 7.88 crore Dunali to Uppar Lylh road, Rs/ 1 crore additional building for PHC Churi and a host of other projects.
MLA Bharmour Jia Lal Kapoor, while welcoming the Chief Minister said that Bharmour region had witnessed an unparalleled development during the tenure of the present State Government. He also detailed a few developmental demands of the area.
