Chamba, March 12
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 24 development projects of Rs 275 crore in Chamba district today.
He inaugurated a 68-meter span steel truss bridge over the Ravi on the Mehla-Bhagiar-Huraid road built at a cost of Rs 4 crore, Kangela Nullah bridge on the Nakrod-Tikrigarh-Bhagaigarh road constructed for Rs 2 crore and the Seru Nullah bridge on the Tissa-Saikothi-Jhajjakothi road built at a cost of Rs 2 crore.
The Chief Minister laid the foundation stones for the upgrade of the Kiani-Rajnagar-Chakloo-Koti road to be completed at a cost of Rs 28 crore, Luddu-Gharmani road (Rs 7 crore), Raan road (Rs 6 crore), Sahoo-Parotha-Padhar road (Rs 6 crore), Shahpur-Sihunta-Chowari-Chamba road (Rs 14 crore), Bhanera-Devidehra-Rathiar-Mankot road (Rs 5 crore), Parel-Kohlari road (Rs 13 crore), Chamba-Banikhet road via Upper Parel (Rs 11 crore), Rajera-Dhulara road (Rs 15 crore), Lachori-Salwaan road (Rs 22 crore), Maira-Chakotar road (Rs 16 crore), Kheri-Bhunad road (Rs 15 crore), Bharmour-Badgram road (Rs 10 crore), Sirdi-Ghared via Suppa road (Rs 9 crore) and the Churi-Basu-Kothi-Nurkula road (Rs 6 crore).
He also laid the foundation stones for the construction of the Lahal-Bagru road, including a 40-metre span bridge to be built at a cost of Rs 8 crore, resilient and sustainable water supply through rainwater harvesting to be completed at a cost of Rs 43 crore and the augmentation of the existing water supply scheme with anti-freezing technology for Poolan Palan and Kugti gram panchayats in Bharmour tehsil of the district to be completed at a cost of Rs 10 crore.
Sukhu laid the stone for the augmentation of the Sach-Parel-Sultanpur water scheme in Sach and Dramman gram panchayats in Chamba tehsil (Rs 8 crore), sewerage for Udaipur Khas in Chamba tehsil (Rs 8 crore) and the remodeling of the Thundu Phargola water supply scheme in Kuthed, Janghi and Gagla gram panchayats in Chamba tehsil to be accomplished at a cost of Rs 3 crore.
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