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From the Assembly
Milk procurement rate up Rs 2
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CM to visit Nahan today
Library inaugurated
‘BSNL being unfair’
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Virbhadra: BJP caused Rs 80,000-cr loss Tribune News Service
Shimla, March 17 In his reply to the Budget debat "A charge sheet should be brought forward against the BJP for causing such a huge monetary loss to the state which requires every penny for development," he remarked.He defended his government on the issue of allotment of power projects to Himachalis. Quoting figures he said his government had given projects to 48 Himachalis while during the five-year BJP regime out of 160 allotted projects only 28 were given to people from the state. "Contrary to BJP allegations of poor fiscal management, we have raised loans of only Rs 921 crore in 2005-06 and Rs 779 crore this year compared to their track record of raising more than Rs 2,000 crore loans per year in their first and last years of governance," he said.
When the BJP came to power in 1998, the total outstanding borrowings were Rs 4421.96 crore, which touched Rs 12,393.10 crore at the end of their five-year rule. On the issue of price rise he assured that if need be the allocation of Rs 100 crore for providing subsidy on ration would be increased. "By reducing VAT on food items, the relief will not percolate to the consumer as the traders will take all the benefit," he said. In order to curb the menace of stray cattle, three 'go sadans' would be opened and a pilot monkey sterilisation project was being run, which would be extended in other parts of the state.
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Nalwari fair gets under way
Bilaspur, March 17 Inaugurating seven-day state-level Nalwari fair in a traditional way by hitting a wooden peg into the mela ground at Luhnu here today, the minister said: The government declared it as a state-level fair in 1985. The government had opened 60 middle schools, 31 high schools and 27 senior secondary schools in Bilaspur district in the past four years. A government post-graduate college had been provided here and Rs 6.25 crore allocated for the extension of its building. A sum of Rs 5 crore each had been sanctioned for opening colleges at Jukhala and Jhandutta. A new sub-tehsil had started functioning at Namhol while a Rs. 4.79-crore ITI would start functioning soon at Swarghat. He announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh for holding the A-grade National Kabaddi championship during the Nalwari fair.
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Milk procurement rate up Rs 2
Mandi, March 17 Milkfed president Chet Ram Thakur said the decision would come as a boon for small farmers. “The federation will now procure milk at the rate of Rs 10.80 litre instead of Rs 8.80 per litre,” he said. Officials said the hike would encourage more farmers to take to animal husbandry. “The federation has over 24 major collection centres in the state where milk is procured from farmers at their doorstep through a network of over 502 cooperative societies.”
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CM to visit Nahan today
Nahan, March 17
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Kumarhatti, March 17 Kuldeep Rathore, general secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Dr Kailash Prashar, secretary, PCC, and party leaders from Solan were present on the occasion. — OC
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‘BSNL being unfair’
Nalagarh, March 17 Addressing a press conference here today, Tele Plex Construction Company, Shubham Enterprises, Chandrika Construction Company, Kamal Engineers and Abid Hussain Shah have accused the BSNL of penalising them Rs 20 lakh to cause damage to already laid cable of the BSNL. The BSNL action is illogical as it had laid the cable without following the norms, the agencies claimed. |
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