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On the second day of his three-day visit to Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday performed the 'Bhoomi Pujan' for 15 new road projects of the Public Works Department and dedicated a newly constructed 200-bedded modern hospital building at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College and Hospital, Chamba, to the public.
Rs 175 crore road projects and new hospital building inaugurated
During the programme organised at the historic Chougan, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stones for 15 road projects to be constructed at a cost of approximately Rs 175 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-IV) and NABARD. These include:
- Drabla link road, Samotha link road, Fatehpur road, Nanan link road, Seru road
- Chhatargarm link road, Ghater road, Chanjun road, Rundega road, Basdan road
- Mangla-Ohi-Bhadari-Kapara road, Mankot road, Malouna-Kaltana road, Rajera-Balli road, Kariyan-Baijri road
Following this, the Chief Minister inaugurated the 200-bedded modern hospital building at the medical college, stating it would provide better healthcare facilities to thousands of people from Chamba, Bharmour, Pangi, Churah, Salooni and surrounding areas, significantly reducing the need for serious patients to travel outside the district for treatment.
More development announced: Rs 591 crore roads and Rs 32 crore parking project
In his address, the Chief Minister said the work of expanding the road network in Chamba district is progressing rapidly, and informed that road projects worth Rs 591 crore would commence in the next two to three months.
The foundation stone for a parking project worth Rs 32 crore was also laid. He emphasised that there is no shortage of funds for development works, and credited the Vidhan Sabha Speaker and the local MLA for their continuous efforts.
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CM takes swipe at previous government over medical college funding
Taking a swipe at the previous BJP government, the Chief Minister said that although the foundation stone for the medical college was laid earlier, adequate funds were not provided for its construction.
He stated that the Congress government has sanctioned Rs 192 crore in the first phase, Rs 70 crore in the second, and Rs 194 crore in the third phase for the college's construction, and that a meeting has also been organised regarding the arrangement of modern machinery for the hospital.
He further announced that a meeting would soon be convened to resolve issues related to the Zila Parishad cadre, and that a concrete policy would be formulated for outsourced employees in the future. The event was attended by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania, MLA Neeraj Nayyar, former Education Minister Asha Kumari and former Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri.
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