Eye on byelection, Himachal Cabinet announces new sub-tehsil, development blocks

Tribune News Service
Shimla, July 22

With an eye on the bypoll to the Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly constituency, the Cabinet today gave approval for creating new development blocks at Jubbal and another at Kotkhai area of Shimla.

The decision was taken by the Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here today. Besides, it was decided to open a new sub-tehsil at Kalbog and a fire post at Tikkar in Kotkhai. The nod was given for a development block at Nirmand in Kullu for the convenience of the people.

Cabinet’s other key decisions

• The Cabinet approved filling of 100 posts of Junior Office Assistant (IT) in the Secretariat through direct recruitment
• A Letter of Intent for setting up a 250 KL per day ethanol plant at Sansarpur Terrace in Kangra to be issued
• A CT scan -128 slice machine costing Rs4.28 crore to be purchased for Dr Radhakrishnan Govt Medical College, Hamirpur
• The ITI for women at Bharari in Bilaspur district to be converted into a co-educational ITI

The Cabinet also gave nod to a new development block at Tirlordhar in Sirmaur district by reorganising the development block of Paonta Sahib to facilitate the people of the area. It also gave consent to opening a new development block of Dhanotu at Shegli in Mandi district by reorganising Sundernagar and Balh development blocks.

Presentations were also made before the Cabinet on the Covid-19 situation in the state and the preparedness of the Health Department to tackle the possible third wave of coronavirus.

The Cabinet approved filling of 100 posts of Junior Office Assistant (IT) in the Secretariat through direct recruitment. It also gave nod to issue Letter of Intent for setting up of 250 KL per day ethanol plant at Sansarpur Terrace in Kangra district in favour of M/s Premier Alcobev Private Limited. It was also decided to purchase CT scan -128 slice machine worth Rs 4.28 crore for Dr Radha Krishnan Government Medical College, Hamirpur, to facilitate patients. The Cabinet gave consent to converting the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) for women, Bharari in Bilaspur district into a co-educational ITI. It gave its nod to fill up three additional posts in newly upgraded Community Health Centre at Garh Jamula in Kangra district.

The Cabinet gave consent to renaming Government Senior Secondary School, Hatwar, in Bilaspur district as Shaheed Subedar Sanjeev Kumar Government Senior Secondary School Hatwar as a mark of respect to the martyr who had been awarded Kriti Chakra posthumously for his bravery.