Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said contractors who will not complete the works within a given time-frame would be blacklisted. He was addressing a public meeting at Karsog in the district today.
Earlier, he laid the foundation stone of the Mini Secretariat at Karsog to be constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore and also inaugurated an HRTC depot which will have 63 buses and staff of around 300.
The Chief Minister directed the authorities concerned to get the ongoing development works completed in a time-bound manner. Work on all ongoing link and main roads of the area would be completed within the next six months, he added.
He said there was no end for development activities as it was a continuous process. “I want equal development to be carried out throughout the state,” the Chief Minister said.
Singh said the Karsog valley was famous for its scenic beauty and besides promoting tourism, the government would take necessary measures to facilitate the farming community of the area which had great potential of growing both rabi and kharif crops. The government was implementing many schemes to strengthen agriculture sector and to facilitate the farmers, irrigation channels and kuhls were being constructed so that farmers could have enough water for their fields, he added.
The Chief Minister said the daily wages of labourers had been increased from Rs 150 to Rs 180, besides the daily wagers who had completed seven years of service as on March 2015, were being regularised. He said all those part-time workers who had completed eight years of service would be made daily wagers and the contractual employees completing five years of service as on March 31, 2015, were also being regularised.
He said the honorarium of part-time water carriers had been enhanced to Rs 1,700 per month whereas the maternity leave for contractual employees had also been increased to 135 days.
He said every household in Himachal Pradesh was having power connectivity and the power sector was being strengthened by ensuring electricity at affordable and subsidised rates to consumers. The government had started LED promotion programme in the state and the consumers would have to pay Rs 10 for LED bulb at initial stage and Rs 10 per bulb would be added to their monthly bill. The cost of LED would be half to that of market price, Virbhadra said.
He laid the foundation stones of Rs 11.55 crore lift water supply scheme Parlog Khad to Mahunag Behalidhar, remodeling of water supply scheme, Sorta Kalashan, which will cost Rs 5.50 crore, Rs 82.50 lakh lift irrigation scheme, Shakra, and water supply scheme, Chera Khad to Dhamun, in Shahout gram panchayat and Mehandi to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3.42 crore.
He also inaugurated Rs 1.06 crore science laboratory of the Government Senior Secondary School, Karsog.
Irrigation and Public Health Minister Vidya Stokes said to ensure that people of the state continue to get potable drinking water and farmers get irrigation facilities at an affordable cost, a sum of Rs 330 crore was being spent to meet the energy charges of water supply and irrigation schemes.
Excise and Taxation Minister Prakash Chaudhary thanked the Chief Minister for dedicating projects worth crores to the people of Mandi district. He said the Chief Minister was a ‘man of masses’ who had dedicated his entire life to serve the people of the state without discriminating between regions and political affiliations. He credited the Chief Minister for bringing revolution to the education and health sector.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mansa Ram welcomed the Chief Minister and thanked him for laying foundations and dedicating projects worth Rs 31 crore. He credited the development of the area to Singh and also demanded specialist doctors and staff for the Karsog Civil Hospital, besides starting MCom classes in Government Degree College, Karsog.
Transport Minister GS Bali, CPS Sohan Lal, Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kadam, Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawala, senior MS, IGMC, Dr Ramesh Chand were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, he laid the foundation stone of the Mini Secretariat at Karsog to be constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore and also inaugurated an HRTC depot which will have 63 buses and staff of around 300.
The Chief Minister directed the authorities concerned to get the ongoing development works completed in a time-bound manner. Work on all ongoing link and main roads of the area would be completed within the next six months, he added.
He said there was no end for development activities as it was a continuous process. “I want equal development to be carried out throughout the state,” the Chief Minister said.
Singh said the Karsog valley was famous for its scenic beauty and besides promoting tourism, the government would take necessary measures to facilitate the farming community of the area which had great potential of growing both rabi and kharif crops. The government was implementing many schemes to strengthen agriculture sector and to facilitate the farmers, irrigation channels and kuhls were being constructed so that farmers could have enough water for their fields, he added.
The Chief Minister said the daily wages of labourers had been increased from Rs 150 to Rs 180, besides the daily wagers who had completed seven years of service as on March 2015, were being regularised. He said all those part-time workers who had completed eight years of service would be made daily wagers and the contractual employees completing five years of service as on March 31, 2015, were also being regularised.
He said the honorarium of part-time water carriers had been enhanced to Rs 1,700 per month whereas the maternity leave for contractual employees had also been increased to 135 days.
He said every household in Himachal Pradesh was having power connectivity and the power sector was being strengthened by ensuring electricity at affordable and subsidised rates to consumers. The government had started LED promotion programme in the state and the consumers would have to pay Rs 10 for LED bulb at initial stage and Rs 10 per bulb would be added to their monthly bill. The cost of LED would be half to that of market price, Virbhadra said.
He laid the foundation stones of Rs 11.55 crore lift water supply scheme Parlog Khad to Mahunag Behalidhar, remodeling of water supply scheme, Sorta Kalashan, which will cost Rs 5.50 crore, Rs 82.50 lakh lift irrigation scheme, Shakra, and water supply scheme, Chera Khad to Dhamun, in Shahout gram panchayat and Mehandi to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3.42 crore.
He also inaugurated Rs 1.06 crore science laboratory of the Government Senior Secondary School, Karsog.
Irrigation and Public Health Minister Vidya Stokes said to ensure that people of the state continue to get potable drinking water and farmers get irrigation facilities at an affordable cost, a sum of Rs 330 crore was being spent to meet the energy charges of water supply and irrigation schemes.
Excise and Taxation Minister Prakash Chaudhary thanked the Chief Minister for dedicating projects worth crores to the people of Mandi district. He said the Chief Minister was a ‘man of masses’ who had dedicated his entire life to serve the people of the state without discriminating between regions and political affiliations. He credited the Chief Minister for bringing revolution to the education and health sector.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mansa Ram welcomed the Chief Minister and thanked him for laying foundations and dedicating projects worth Rs 31 crore. He credited the development of the area to Singh and also demanded specialist doctors and staff for the Karsog Civil Hospital, besides starting MCom classes in Government Degree College, Karsog.
Transport Minister GS Bali, CPS Sohan Lal, Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kadam, Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawala, senior MS, IGMC, Dr Ramesh Chand were also present on the occasion.
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