IT park to come up in Kangra

Our Correspondent

Kangra, December 6

An Information Technology (IT) park will come up at Gaggal in the Kangra Assembly segment which will prove to be a boon for IT professionals and will boost the economy of the area besides providing job opportunities to unemployed youths of the state.

Kangra MLA Pawan Kajal said this today during the annual function of Ashwani Memorial Public High School at Bagli. Kajal said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had given a nod for the two proposed IT parks in the state of which one would be set up in Shimla and the other one at Gaggal.

He said in the proposed IT Park at Gaggal, offices of different multinational companies would open and unemployed youths would get ample opportunities of work. He said work on the Manji river at Gaggal had started and a two-lane bridge on Pathanot-Mandi National Highway would be completed within two years. He asked the teacher community that besides their regular syllabus, they should prepare students for national- level competitions.

On this occasion, the managing director of the school, Chuni Lal, said educational facilities were being provided to children belonging to Below Poverty Line category and to families of the Integrated Rural Development Programme. Vishal Hans, Principal, read out the annual report and girl students presented cultural programmes. Ankita Soni and Jyoti, toppers of Class X board examination, were awarded on the occasion.