CM reviews progress of projects on Him portal

Tribune News Service  
Shimla, January 17 

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has directed the departments concerned to  monitor the progress of the projects for their time-bound execution  and quality control. 

Thakur was reviewing the progress of the projects on the ‘Him Pragati’ portal, launched last year to fast-track clearances of various projects, at a high-level meeting, attended by ministers and top officials. 

He said 52 projects with an investment of over Rs 8,690 crore had been uploaded on the portal.

All projects were being monitored and investors briefed the Chief Minister about the issues being faced by them in getting clearances and no-objection certificates from the authorities. 

He said the initiative had been taken to facilitate the ease of doing business with direct interface with entrepreneurs. 

He expressed hope that the direct monitoring by a state-level committee would attract huge investment. This system would emerge as a platform for redressal of grievances of the entrepreneurs.  The investors were now able to know the status of their projects.

In the first phase, investment of Rs 25 crore or above had been uploaded on the portal. 

The Chief Minister said   five tourism projects  - Rs 289-crore Himani-Chamunda ropeway, Rs 35-crore Snow Valley Resorts and Management Institute, Shimla, Rs 150-crore Dharamsala ropeway, Rs 200-crore Bijali Mahadev ropeway and Rs 340-crore Palchan Rohtang ropeway were being monitored by the portal. 

The Chief Minister said he would monitor the progress on the portal quarterly so that the pace of development could be accelerated.

The government would also consider the inclusion of projects below Rs 25 crore so that the maximum projects were covered for the effective monitoring.