To resolve Janjehli SDM office row, Thakur invites protesters for talks
Tribune News Service
Mandi, March 10
To end the protest over the shifting of the SDM office, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today asked residents of Janjehli to have a dialogue and resolve the matter.
Thakur is on a two-day visit to his Assembly segment Seraj to lay stones of various development projects.
Addressing a gathering at Bagsaid, Thakur said he was deeply hurt and saddened by the unrest created by a few people in the name of SDM office at Janjehli.
“The SDM office was shifted to Thunag following the court orders. The government has nothing to do with it. The residents will soon realise it and work unitedly for the development of Seraj, leaving behind petty politics,” he said.
He added: “For me, Janjehli and Thunag are the same and the people residing at these places are like a family.” “I invite them to have a dialogue and resolve the issue. My government is open to talks,” Thakur said.
He laid the foundation stone of a civil hospital at Bagsiad, which is to be completed with an outlay of Rs 27 crore. The Chief Minister also performed the bhoomi poojan of the 7.6 km-Bagsaid-Tikker road to be constructed at a cost of Rs 3.46 crore.
He said the work would be started soon, adding that the Pandoh-Kanda road would be developed as a major district road to be constructed under the Central Road Fund (CRF) for which he announced a sum of Rs 26 crore. Thakur also announced Rs 5 lakh each for the Thatch Kainchi-Harnala road and Sunaas-Khanagi road. A sum of Rs 3 lakh for the Bagsiad road, Rs 2 lakh for the Raingaloo-Lot road, Rs 10 lakh for the Naga-Keoli road in GP Saran and Rs 2 lakh for the Bajehi-Lower Ghulach road in GP Kandh Bagi. He announced a sum of Rs 15 lakh for the development of Thunag panchayat, Rs 10 lakh each for Shikavari, Behlidhaar and Pakhrer panchayats, Rs 1 crore for the construction of the third storey of the ITI building at Bagsiad.
The office of the IPH division at Thunag and the camp office of the ‘Chief Minister’s Constituency Cell’ were also inaugurated. The Chief Minister said now the people would not have to travel to Shimla for getting their works done as the constituency cell established at Thunag would cater to their needs.
“A sum of Rs 100 crore will be spent on tarring and metalling of roads, Rs 1 crore on the bus stand at Thunag. Road projects worth Rs 68 crore under the PMGSY and NABARD are being executed in the constituency, besides a huge sum is being spent on the renovation of a 45-km road in Seraj. Helipad would be developed, the Chief Minister added.
