Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Ji met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister for his presence in Himachal Pradesh in November and inaugurating the Global Investors Meet. The Chief Minister also discussed the various projects aided by the Central Government and urged the Prime Minister for early approval of various projects pending and generous assistance to the State Government. The Prime Minister assured the state of all possible assistance.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi
He also referred to the Union Minister for speeding up the construction work of various ongoing road projects, including the recently announced National Highways Pinjore-Baddi- in addition to the parwanoo-Solan National Highway, Nerchawk-Pandoh, Kiratpur Sahib-Nerchawk. Nalagarh, Matour-Shimla NH-88, Pathankot-Mandi NH-20. He also took up the matter of repair and renovation of all national highways. The Chief Minister requested for allocation of Rs 500 crore for implementing the Raju Marg projects in the state. He urged for early approval of bus station construction works under Government-Private Partnership (PPP mode) and said that the report has also been submitted to the Ministry by visiting the identified places in Manali, Hamirpur, and Baddi.
Nitin Gadkari directed the officials to expedite the pending cases and complete the work of the National Highways parwanoo -solan by next March. He instructed to settle the case within a week for the resumption of Shimla-Dhali bypass work. He also approved the demand of opening a regional office of "Pay and Account" of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in Shimla.
Meeting with Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri :
The Central Government has given green signal for construction of airport in Mandi district. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur disclosed this after meeting Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri at New Delhi today.
The Chief Minister said that upcoming airport in Mandi district will be constructed in joint venture by state government and Airport Authority of India (AAI) for which the authority will prepare detailed project report in a week while the state government will hasten up land acquisition process.
He also discussed about expansion of airports in the state and requested for exploring possibilities of landing of A320 aircrafts at Gaggal and ATR74 aircrafts in Shimla and Bhuntar airports without load bottlenecks. He requested for expansion of runways of existing airports. He said that this would not only provide good connectivity but also boost tourism in state.
Jai Ram Thakur said that air ambulance services needed to be strengthened in the state which was facing problems due to existing terms and conditions. He added that this was vital for the state due to its rough geographical conditions and rescuing tourists in inclement weather conditions.
The Union Minister assured of all possible assistance and agreed with the view of Chief Minister about long term planning
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Minister for Textiles, Women and Child Development Smriti Irani:
He requested for increasing the limit of district foster care and sponsorship fund limit from existing Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh per district per year. He also urged for appointing four security personnel for every child care organisation under Baal sanrakshan sewayen yojna keeping in view the provisions under Juvenile Justice ( care and protect of children ) Act 2015. He also requested for providing budget for the salary of such appointees.
Chief Minister apprised the Union Minister that salaries and allowances to 428 posts under ICDS may be exempted under new guidelines and may be allowed under 90:10 sharing pattern by centre and state.
Smriti Irani also reviewed the status of schemes of Ministry of Women and Child Development in the state and lauded the progress made by the state. Status of Poshan Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojna, Anganwadi services, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, scheme for adolescent girls and child protection services were reviewed.
courtesy: CMO Himachal Pradesh
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