The Newz Radar
SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh government has proposed an annual plan of Rs 9,989.49 crore for the 2024-25 financial year, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said here on Monday (January 29, 2024) while presiding over the first session priority meeting for Budget with the MLAs from Una, Hamirpur and Sirmaur districts.
The Chief Minister said that the state government was working with a motto to make Himachal self-reliant over the next four years and most prosperous state in the country in 10 years. He exhorted the MLAs to come up with the priorities that were in line with the state government’s commitment to provide clean, transparent and accountable administration to the people of the state.
Sukhu said the government was committed for equitable development of all areas and every section of the society. To achieve this, he said, the government had adopted the poll manifesto of the Congress as a policy document. He said that all the ministers, MLAs and departments were working tirelessly for the effective implementation of the policy document.
He said that numerous steps had been taken to make Himachal a green energy state over the next two years and the government had recently signed a memorandum of understanding of Rs 2,000 crore with the World Bank. As per the MoU, works would be carried out under the hydroelectric and renewable energy development programme for the next five years.
MLAs’ priorities from Una district
Una Assembly constituency MLA Satpal Singh Satti urged for funds to complete the old works in his constituency. He said that the government had altered the provisions of MLA fund during the disaster to provide financial aid to the affected people for retaining walls etc and asked the government to extend the provision beyond June 2024.
Gagret MLA Chaitanya Sharma urged to establish Daulatpur Chowk college and school in separate premises and demanded to curb the drug mafia activity in his area.
Kutlehar MLA Devendra Bhutto raised the issue of increasing the diet money and ensuring transparency in sports associations. He also requested to make proper arrangements for stray animals.
MLAs’ priorities from Hamirpur district
Bhoranj MLA Suresh Kumar urged for channelisation of Seer Khad and to build a multipurpose hall in Bhoranj school. He also raised the issue of poor quality of the under construction national highway in his area.
Hamirpur constituency MLA Ashish Sharma expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for providing adequate budget for the new bus stand in Hamirpur. He requested to open a polyclinic in Hamirpur and a new mini secretariat at the district headquarters.
Barsar MLA Inder Dutt Lakhanpal urged to improve the irrigation system to benefit the farmers, strengthening of electricity infrastructure, proper drainage along the roads and opening of a police station in Bijhari.
MLAs’ priorities from Sirmaur district
Pachhad MLA Reena Kashyap expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for opening Jal Shakti division in her area. She sought to promote tourism activities by developing Shirgul and Bhureshwar temples and other tourist places in the area. She also demanded to prepare the DPR of Sarahan-Chandigarh road.
Nahan MLA Ajay Solanki thanked the Chief Minister for announcing Rs 30 crore for his area. He also raised demands to fill the posts of specialist doctors and nurses in Dr YS Parmar Government Medical College, Nahan, and allotment of land to the landless persons for construction of houses.
Paonta Sahib MLA Sukhram Chaudhary demanded to mark the border of Yamuna river with Himachal so as to curb illegal mining. He also requested to immediately provide pending electricity connections to the farmers for tubewells and to create adequate parking facilities in Paonta Sahib.
Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary of Finance Devesh Kumar, Adviser of Planning Dr Basu Sood along with administrative secretaries, heads of the department, deputy commissioners and other officials were present in the meeting.
