CM lays stones of Rs 40.84 cr projects at Jubbal-Kotkhai

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of four development projects worth Rs 40.84 crore during his visit to the Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly constituency today.

The Chief Minister inaugurated the HPMC CA store, constructed at a cost of Rs 21.07 crore, at Gumma, Mini-Secretariat building (Rs 14.62 crore) at Kotkhai and laid the foundation stone for a Level-III Trauma Centre at community health centre at Kotkhai, which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 4.54 crore.

While addressing a public gathering at Kotkhai, Sukhu said the state government has made all possible efforts to benefit the horticulturists. “The government ensured effective transportation of apple produce to the market during the monsoon-induced disaster last year and Rs 28 crore was spent for reopening the roads in Jubbal-Kotkhai,” he said.

The Chief Minister said 22,000 families were affected during the disaster, but the Centre did not provide a special package to the disaster-affected people of Himachal Pradesh. “A sum Rs 9,000 crore under the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) is yet to be released by the Centre for the rain damages suffered in 2023,” he said.

Sukhu said over the past two years, Rs 170 crore for roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rs 60 crore under NABARD and Rs 16 crore from the state funds were spent in the Jubbal-Kotkhai region. A sum of Rs 286 crore has been spent to provide better facilities to the people of the area, he added.