Hope Centre will extend help to tackle disasters: Mukesh Agnihotri
Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 16
Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said the people of the state were hopeful that the Central Government would provide financial help to the state in the wake of the devastation caused by the monsoons.
“It is only fair that upholding the basic spirit of the federal structure, the Centre extends financial help to the state, which has suffered damage in crores in the last monsoons and this year as well,” he added.
Agnihotri was speaking at the district-level Independence Day function held here yesterday.
“The state is currently under a debt of Rs 95,000 crore. In such a situation, the state government is fully committed to generating resources and reduce ing expenses, for which many initiatives have been taken,” he said.
The state government had the political will to fulfill all guarantees it made to the people of the state, he added.
“The country’s longest and the world’s second longest ropeway will be built in Shimla at a cost of Rs 1,735 crore. It will be 14-km-long and cover most parts of the city,” Agnihotri said.
The state government was also working towards laying a network of ropeways in other parts of the state, especially for temples, he added.
Agnihotri said a target had been set to make Himachal Pradesh a green state by March 31, 2026, for which there would be a switch from diesel to electric vehicles in the Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC).
