Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated 8 developmental projects of Jal Shakti Vaibhav worth about Rs. 20 crore for Haroli assembly constituency of Una district today. He inaugurated Rs. 4.50 crore functional tap water connection scheme to left out households in Haroli, Rs. 4.65 crore multi village piped water supply scheme in Ispur Zone, Rs. 4.40 crore multi village piped water supply schemes in Barthri Zone, Rs. 2.10 crore multi villages piped water supply schemes in Dharampur, Rs. 2.07 WSS to village Palakwah, Rs. 69 lakh tub Ewell No. 30 at khad, Rs. 75 lakh lift irrigation scheme at Panjuana and Rs. 68 lakh water quality and monitoring training centre at Palkwah in tehsil Haroli.
While addressing a mammoth public meeting at Kangra ground at Haroli, the Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Government of India for in-principal approval of Bulk Drug Pharma Park to the State. He said that this Park would be spread over an area of 1,405 acres at Pollian in Haroli and would prove a game changer for the people of the area. With an expected investment of around Rs. 50,000 crore, this project would provide direct employment to about 30,000 persons. He said that 90 percent of the project cost with the maximum limit of Rs. 1000 crore would be provided by the Government of India. He said that it was strange that some leaders of this constituency opposed this mega project as they feared that this would harm their political prospects.
Jai Ram Thakur said that it was indeed a matter of honor for our people as the State was celebrating 75 years of its existence. He said that the State Government was celebrating this event in a befitting manner by organizing 75 events throughout the State. Main objective of organizing these events was to showcase the developmental journey of the State during these 75 years, urging the people to actively participate in these events and be part of this glorious 75 years journey of the State. Chief Minister said that the contribution of the present State Government to bring investment in the State was far more as compared to the investment attracted during the tenure of the former Industries Minister of the State. He said that it was for the first time that a mega Global Investors Meet was organized in Dharamshala in November, 2019 in which 703 MoUs with an investment of Rs. 96,721 crore were signed. He said that ground breaking of 240 projects amounting to Rs. 13,656 crore was held at Shimla and second such ground breaking ceremony was performed by the Prime Minister at Mandi on 27th December, 2021 on the occasion of completion of four years tenure of the state government in which 287 projects worth Rs. 28,197 crore were grounded. He said that all this was possible due to the investor friendly policies framed by the State Government to facilitate the investors.
