Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today laid foundation stone of Rs.9.74 crore Lift Water Supply Scheme (LWSS) at Kanaid in Nachan assembly constituency of Mandi district, that will benefit habitations of gram panchayat Kanaid along with nearby panchayats Bhour, Dungraaen, Chhater, upper Behli and Jugahan. The scheme would cover 27 villages and population of around 22,000.
He also laid foundation stone of LWSS for habitations viz: Doldhar, Badhetar, Kotla in gram panchayat Ghiri, Bhalana and Doldhar in Tehsil Sundernagar at Kanaid amounting to Rs. 3.40 crore to benefit population of around 5000 persons of 39 villages in this area.
While addressing a huge gathering at Kanaid, the Chief Minister said that the sitting MLA from Nachan was trying to prove that the entire public gathering at Kanaid was efforts of his hard work. He said it becomes the duty of elected representatives and MLAs to look into the welfare of people and carry out development works. The MLAs get a separate budget for that, he added.
The sitting MLA may have worked in his constituency but it was wrong to claim that the entire development was carried out by him. It was the government which was behind the development of all the areas alike. Development was a continuous process irrespective of the reasons that the constituency having MLA of opposition will not be developed, he said.
None of the area is ignored whether it is constituency of the MLA from the ruling party or the opposition. Congress Govt. is committed for equal development of the state. MLA of opposition party should not misguide the people of the area. He said that in annual plan meeting the priorities of all MLAs were discussed and taken into consideration.
The three-tier Panchayati Raj system was the backbone of the democratic set up and several times the state Government had raised the issue with centre for releasing funds to Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti’s also,” he said.
He said that the funds to carry out development by Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad were being borne by the state government from its own resources. The government of India was just giving funds for the panchayats and not for Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad.
The Chief Minister also announced for construction of additional building of science lab in GSSS, Kanaid.
Later in the evening he inaugurated the Police Post at Pandoh.
MLA, Nachan, Vinod Kumar while addressing the gathering thanked Chief Minister for laying foundation stone of two water supply schemes in the area thus fulfilling the long pending demand of the area. He appreciated the efforts of the government in meeting the demands of the people and particularly concerned with opening of schools. He also advocated the demand of Tek Chand Dogra for announcing degree college at Hatgarh and urged for opening a police post at Baggi.
Chairman, HP SC/ST development corporation Tek Chand Dogra welcomed the Chief Minister. Speaking on the occasion he urged for opening government degree college at Hatgarh in Nachan constituency and up-gradation of Primary Health Centre Dhanotu to Community Health Centre and an ITI at Jhungi or at Jaidevi. He also urged for construction of science lab building in Senior Secondary School, Kanaid and PHC at Sainj in Gohar.
He lambasted at the sitting MLA for ignoring the development of the area and particularly failing to get opened a single school in the area.
Pradhan, Gram Panchayat, Kanaid, Rita Devi also welcomed and honoured the Chief Minister. She also placed demands of the area and thanked for laying foundation stone of two important water schemes worth 13 crore.
Rural Development and Panchayati Minister, Anil Sharma, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Sohan Lal, MLA, Nachan, Vinod Kumar, Chairman SC/ST development corporation, Tek Chand, Chairman, MILKFED, Chet Ram Thakur, Chairman APMC, Harinder Sen, President BCC, Tek Chand Raghwa, Secretary, HPCC, Sanjay Dogra, OSD to Chief Minister, Amit Pal, Member, BoD, HPTDC, Rupesh Kanwal were also present on the occasion amongst others.
