SHIMLA: Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while presiding over ‘Sarkar Gaon Ke Dwar‘ program at Kanjiyan in Bhoranj assembly constituency of Hamirpur district on Saturday, said if the State will not receive royalty from Luhri, Dhaula Siddh and Sunni hydropower projects, they will be taken over by his government. He alleged that the previous BJP government had sold the interests of the state in hydro power projects, whereas the present government was fighting for the interests of Himachal Pradesh.
“We have requested the Union Government to take a decision on this issue soon, but the BJP leaders were creating hurdles,” he said, adding that the BJP leaders were playing a foul game in getting the State its royalty of Rs 4300 crore from the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
While speaking on the disaster that wreaked havoc in the State during the monsoons, Sukhu said he personally made several requests to the BJP leaders asking them to accompany him to meet the central leaders in Delhi for the Special relief package to the disaster affected, but none of them stood up for the interests of the people of the State.
He said that the state government from its own resources released a package of Rs 4500 crore to provide succour to affected. He said that no relief package has been received from the Centre. As per the rules, claims of Rs 10,000 crore were sent to the Union Government, hoping that it would provide financial assistance, but people of the state have been ignored by the BJP’s central as well as state leadership, he added.
Expressing concern over rapid rise in cancer cases in Himachal, the chief minister said that the first state-of-the-art cancer hospital would be established in Hamirpur to effectively deal with the ailment. He said that the State is witnessing an increase of 2.2 percent of cancer patients while the country’s average rate is 0.6 percent.
He said that the state’s first Rajiv Gandhi Day-Boarding School has been announced for Karah to be constructed with an outlay of Rs 50 crore. Primary section of this school would be completed within a year. We are committed to provide quality education to the children and prepare them to face the future challenges, however due to lack of initiatives in this sector by the previous BJP government, Himachal was ranked 17th in terms of imparting quality education which is required to be improved.
“We have requested the Union Government to take a decision on this issue soon, but the BJP leaders were creating hurdles,” he said, adding that the BJP leaders were playing a foul game in getting the State its royalty of Rs 4300 crore from the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
While speaking on the disaster that wreaked havoc in the State during the monsoons, Sukhu said he personally made several requests to the BJP leaders asking them to accompany him to meet the central leaders in Delhi for the Special relief package to the disaster affected, but none of them stood up for the interests of the people of the State.
He said that the state government from its own resources released a package of Rs 4500 crore to provide succour to affected. He said that no relief package has been received from the Centre. As per the rules, claims of Rs 10,000 crore were sent to the Union Government, hoping that it would provide financial assistance, but people of the state have been ignored by the BJP’s central as well as state leadership, he added.
Expressing concern over rapid rise in cancer cases in Himachal, the chief minister said that the first state-of-the-art cancer hospital would be established in Hamirpur to effectively deal with the ailment. He said that the State is witnessing an increase of 2.2 percent of cancer patients while the country’s average rate is 0.6 percent.
He said that the state’s first Rajiv Gandhi Day-Boarding School has been announced for Karah to be constructed with an outlay of Rs 50 crore. Primary section of this school would be completed within a year. We are committed to provide quality education to the children and prepare them to face the future challenges, however due to lack of initiatives in this sector by the previous BJP government, Himachal was ranked 17th in terms of imparting quality education which is required to be improved.
