Hamirpur/Mandi (HP), Aug 26: Himachal Pradesh has achieved about 97 per cent of its Covid vaccination target, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said here on Thursday. He said the credit goes to the doctors and paramedical staff as well as the active cooperation provided by the people of the state.
While addressing a public meeting at Baldwara in Mandi district, he said that the state government ensured that no one in the state was deprived of medical treatment due to non-availability of beds and oxygen in hospitals. There were only two oxygen plants in the state when this pandemic spread in the country, but today about 28 oxygen plants were coming up in the state, out of which 12 oxygen plants have been made functional.
The Chief Minister was speaking while inaugurating 12 developmental projects worth about Rs 140 crore in Sarkaghat Assembly Constituency of Mandi district. Of the projects, schemes worth about Rs 100 crore have been provided at Baldwara area of Sarkaghat segment.
The Chief Minister laid foundation stones of Rs 2.60 crore Single Circuit HT Line from 33/11KV Sub Station of 33/11 KV Sub Station Khudla, Rs 2.78 crore Ambla Galu Andhara Harwan road, Rs 55.25 crore source level augmentation of various LWSS/WSS schemes under Jal Shakti Division Sarkaghat and Rs 2.12 crore FIS/LIS Matyara in GP Narola in Tehsil Sarkaghat. The Chief Minister announced up gradation of Government Middle School Kalkhar to Government High School, Community Health Centre Baldwara to 50 bedded Civil Hospital, starting of science classes in Government Degree College Baldwara, opening of Sub Tehsil at Dhalwan, up gradation of veterinary dispensary at Patrighat to Veterinary Hospital, construction of helipad at Bhambla.
He said that the state government was committed to providing corruption-free governance to the people of the state. Even a single allegation of corruption has been reported during about three and a half year’s tenure of the state government. There was no place for corruption during the tenure of the present State Government. He said that the people of the State have given their wholehearted support to the present State Government in all the elections viz. Lok Sabha, PRIs, ULBs and by-election of two Assembly constituencies with record margins.
He gave a clarion call to the people to support the BJP in the coming bye elections to the Mandi Lok Sabha seat where election would be held shortly.
Thakur detailed various developmental and welfare schemes launched by the State Government to ensure socio-economic upliftment of the people of the State. He said that 3.17 lakh families have been provided free gas connections to eligible families under Grihini Suvidha Yojna.
The Chief Minister was also honored by various social, cultural and political organizations on the occasion.
Jal Shakti Minister Mahender Singh Thakur thanked the Chief Minister on behalf of the people of Sarkaghat area for dedicating several developmental projects for the area.
MLA Sarkaghat Col. Inder Singh, while welcoming the Chief Minister to his home constituency thanked him for dedicating and laying foundation stones of developmental projects worth about Rs 140 crores. He said that Rs 145 crore has been sanctioned for roads and bridges during the last about three years in Sarkaghat constituency.
