CM reviews progress on Him Pragati portal

ibune News Service

Shimla, July 26

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the state government has signed MoUs for 228 projects in the state during the past few months with investment of over Rs 27, 515 crores.

Reviewing the progress on ‘Him Pragati’ portal to fast track clearances and approval of various developmental projects, he instructed the departments concerned to speed up all the required in a time-bound manner.

He said the state government has launched special campaign to attract investors which has shown excellent results and it is expected that as a result of the initiative taken by the state government to organise first-ever global investors meet, the state would be able to achieve the target of attracting investment of Rs 85,000 crores.

The Chief Minister directed the Tourism Department to prepare a land pool for developing various projects and advised the revenue department to hold meetings with the property dealers for identifying the available land.

He directed the Town and Country Planning Department and gram panchayats to forward the case to the government for removing all kinds of no objection certificates (NOC) for land development.

Thakur asked the Public Works Department to speed up work on developing SASE helipad, Manali, for which the state has already taken permission from the Defence Ministry.

He said the state government has also planned to start joy ride from SASE helipad, Manali to Rohtang Pass which would be an added attraction for the tourists for which helicopters have also been purchased.